which keys did you remap

[pyro]

I've been struggling with the default function key placement and remapped some of them. I'm sure I missed some ideas, so I'd like to know which keys you rearranged.

Here's what I did on a dvorak layout:

• i <=> u (lots of "ei" in german)
• tab <=> backspace
• capslock => ctrl

(ctrl + backspace deletes the last word, btw)
and a somewhat odd one:

• Lctrl (the bottom one) => Lshift

to be able to press shift with the knuckle of my left pinky (which mostly sits right on top of it anyway)


So, which keys did you remap?


PS
How to remap keys on Windows:
- use Autohotkey (which I find very useful, but might be too complicated for a non-programmer)
- download and install Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools, then run remapkey.exe, rearrange keys with drag and drop, save, reboot

[TacticalCoder]

capslock => ctrl

It's been my only remapping since years but now I'm considering remapping a key to act as a new modifier and that modifier would only be used to deal with virtual desktops and windows manager shortcuts (hence not interfering with any program).  Someone set up something like this here and it works on several operating systems and that is just sweet : )

[pyro]

Sounds nice, can you provide a link?

[czarek]

When I hold Caps Lock my Endurapro switches into into kind of Optimizer mode: J K L I become arrow keys, U and O becomes page up and down, Y and P become Home and End (moving to top and bottom document), H and ; become Home and End (moving to beginning and end of the line), N M become select word before, select word after, select line to beginning, select line to end. When in Optimizer mode all LEDs (replaced to RED) glow, they also all glow when I press both mouse buttons - that's when track point changes into 2D scrolling mechanism.

[Chobopants]

In windows I remap left Windows key to nothing and capslock -> control.

In OS X I also do capslock -> control but also swap the Alt and Command keys so they're in the same location as on a Mac keyboard.

[Johannes]

capslock => ctrl

[Findecanor]

Caps Lock => Control, under both Windows and Linux.

This caters to an old habit since the Amiga days, but these days I use the other Control keys sometimes also.

[Tony]

Capslock -> Backspace.

That's the default for Colemak layout.

[noodles256]

pyro

[sordna]

When I hold Caps Lock my Endurapro switches into into kind of Optimizer mode: J K L I become arrow keys, U and O becomes page up and down, Y and P become Home and End (moving to top and bottom document), H and ; become Home and End (moving to beginning and end of the line), N M become select word before, select word after, select line to beginning, select line to end. When in Optimizer mode all LEDs (replaced to RED) glow, they also all glow when I press both mouse buttons - that's when track point changes into 2D scrolling mechanism.

Are all these functions built into the Endurapro? Or did you do them with some software? Please provide more info, sounds really neat.

[czarek]

Are all these functions built into the Endurapro? Or did you do them with some software? Please provide more info, sounds really neat.

Nope Endurapro is just a regular keyboard with trackpad. All these have been programmed in ControllerMate. Quite simply though. 2 mouse buttons disable real mouse and enable virtual one which maps mouse axis into mouse wheel actions (a bit tweaking done here to make it smooth, accelerate etc.). Optimizer mode works the same way, when you press control normal keyboard layout is disabled and only keys mapped in a new layout work (single keys or combination of keys like cmd+shift+left arrow to select all to beginning of line).

[Aznguyen316]

In windows I remap left Windows key to nothing and capslock -> control.

In OS X I also do capslock -> control but also swap the Alt and Command keys so they're in the same location as on a Mac keyboard.

I've done the same in osx plus I did ctrl(caps lock) + wasd to the arrow cluster on my poker

[sordna]

I'm doing something similar in Linux with xmodmap, when I hold down AltGr (or Caps Lock) I have mapped IJKL to be arrow keys, and when I additionally hold down shift, they become mousekeys (move the pointer).

[AUAnonymous]

This is how I have my AutoHotkey script set up:

Caps Lock > Control
Control + Pause > Caps Lock

If Scroll Lock is on, the Windows key is disabled when pressed on its own, but still works for key combos like Win + R.

Specifically for my Choc Mini, I have mapped Media Previous > Media Play/Pause because the Mini lacks the play/pause button and I never use the previous button.

Bonus hot strings!
@g > @gmail.com
Q_Q > ಠ_ಠ

[TacticalCoder]

Sounds nice, can you provide a link?

Took me lots of time to find it, I was sure it was another user that had that setup.  It's by the user "Superfluous Parentheses", here's the post (I'll probably start a thread about this in particular because the idea is really elegant):

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?18847-Towards-an-Ideal-GNU-Linux-Xorg-HHKB-Keyboard-Layout&p=362829#post362829

[TacticalCoder]

Somebody should do a Autohotkey/OSX/Linux-Xmodmap wiki.

+1 agreed...  But that one I quoted above ain't just about how to remap using AHK / OS X / Xmodmap.

What "Superfluous Parentheses" did is an entire custom setup that is working identically on both OS X and Linux (and can probably be made to work as is on Windows) where he's assigning an additional modifier only for "window managing" as to be sure not to interfere with any software.

It's quite an elegant solution IMHO and it goes further than just knowing how to use AHK : )

[molto]

@sordna
Can you share your xmodmap config please. I'm looking for a way to map Super (or Alt) + IJKL to arrow keys. Does this work with other modifier keys? I mean if I press Ctrl+Super+I it should produce Ctrl+Up, and if i press Ctrl+Shift+Super+L it should produce Ctrl+Shift+Right.
Thanks.

[sordna]

Here you go, with this setup you hold down Caps Lock or right Alt and you get normal arrows for IJKL and shift works too (for highlighting). It has some extra stuff like compose key or the Caps Lock thing that you can remove.

Code: [Select]

#!/bin/sh -x
# Run script without arguments for a 2nd layer on the Poker,
# or with any argument to reset back to default.

setxkbmap -option
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
  setxkbmap us
  exit
fi

# Choose a keymap that has an extra layer (level 3),
# add compose key (shift+ralt) and caps lock toggle by pressing both shifts:
setxkbmap 'us(altgr-intl)' -option lv3:ralt_switch_multikey,shift:both_capslock

# menu to grave/tilde:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 135 = grave asciitilde grave asciitilde'

# rwin/super to altgr:
xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Super_R'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 134 = ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key'

# caps to altgr (shift+caps locks it!):
xmodmap -e 'remove Lock = Caps_Lock'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 66 = ISO_Level3_Shift ISO_Level3_Lock'

# numpad (just the keys needed for mouskeys)
xmodmap -e 'keycode 31 = i I i I Up Up'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 44 = j J j J Left Left'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 45 = k K k K Down Down'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 46 = l L l L Right Right'

# that's all folks


[Kibibit]

I've tried a few remaps, but the only one I found consistently useful was remaping:
left win -> mute
right win -> Vol. Down
program -> Vol. Up

Now if only I knew how to hard wire this into a keyboard.

[Rajagra]

For most of my keyboards I do this:
Scroll Lock » Windows, in case I plug in a board without one.
Caps Lock » Backspace.
Right Alt » a layer shift for Autohotkey.
Right Ctrl » Right Alt (Alt Gr) needed for Colemak or UK layout.

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[davkol]

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[canthonytucci]

I use a mac, and use the OS tool to remap modifiers, for other keys I use keyremap4macbook http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/ I have been trying to find a good way to use vim key bindings but so far I havent been able to find anything really comfortable. My usual set up is:

Caps Lock => Control
Modifier closest to spacebar => Command on OS X, Control on Linux
Modifier 2nd closest to space => Option (alt)

Nothing too exciting I suppose.

lately I have been trying out right-option + h/j/k/l for left/down/up/right it works ok, but it's not ideal. I also have been trying to teach myself to avoid the Delete/Backspace key and just use ctrl-h, but I am forgetting pretty often, I may have to disable backspace entirely if I'm ever going to learn.

[enoy21]

Caps Lock => Control, under both Windows and Linux.

So what do you guys do when you need to YELL IN GAME like :

OMG SOFLAM IS UP CAN I GET A JAVALIN THROWN PLX ?

or

OMG JAVALINS ARE OUT CAN I GET A SOFLAM PLX ?

or

OMGOMGOMGOMG KEEL THAT MOTHER $^$%#$%


just curious

[davkol]

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[enoy21]

OH !

I mean ...



.... oh.

[erw]

So what do you guys do when you need to YELL IN GAME like :

OMG SOFLAM IS UP CAN I GET A JAVALIN THROWN PLX ?

or

OMG JAVALINS ARE OUT CAN I GET A SOFLAM PLX ?

or

OMGOMGOMGOMG KEEL THAT MOTHER $^$%#$%


just curious

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[sordna]

Yup, both shifts toggling Caps Lock is in my script as well:
setxkbmap 'us(altgr-intl)' -option lv3:ralt_switch_multikey,shift:both_capslock

I always found Caps Lock useful, and recently found out that so does the typing champion Sean Wrona (look for Caps Lock in this link)

[Rajagra]

CapsLock would be great if you could tap it once to capitalize just one letter, or tap twice to lock it on (after which one tap would return to normal.)
Could be done in AutoHotKey I expect.
For now I just use the option for CapsLock to be turned off by pressing Shift.

[Kibibit]

I'm just too accustomed to just locking down on a shift key while typing for all caps.

[canthonytucci]

I was just thinking the same thing earlier today when using my phone,  that behavior is way better.

Has anyone tried this?

[pyro]

Do you mean Sticky Keys in Windows?
I'd like them more, if they'd time out after some seconds, but thats something that can be implemented with Autohotkey:

Code: [Select]

Shift::
Input key, L1 T2
SendInput +%key%
return

Input: captures all typed text input
key: variable, that contains the text
L1: maximal length for text: 1
T2: capture times out after 2 seconds

%key%: gets value in variable key
+: sends following keys shifted (like shift was held)
+%key%: sends the captured (lowercase) character as uppercase

This script behaves as regular shift when used in combination with other keys (shift+a , b = Ab) (shift down, abc, shift up = ABC), unless you press it alone (shift, a = A).

[enoy21]

I'm just too accustomed to just locking down on a shift key while typing for all caps.

That's pretty much what I've been doing all of my life, but I've seen several typists that use the caps lock just to capitalize a single letter as it allows their hands to maintain the same level of reach as normal without having to STRETCH to do so.  So I've been trying to force myself to use it more often when typing all in caps.

[Rajagra]

Do you mean Sticky Keys in Windows?
I'd like them more, if they'd time out after some seconds, but thats something that can be implemented with Autohotkey:

Tried Sticky Keys - it's very annoying:

• It does Shift lock, not Caps lock. Hence marks a selection when you click somewhere, etc.
• It activates Ctrl, Alt and Win as well as Shift. Useful for disabled people; less so for typists. Leads to all kinds of strange actions.
• It's easy to activate by mistake - causes above problems to arise often.
• The on-screen display of status is hard to interpret (which blocks are Ctrl, Alt and Win?)
• I'm testing it on my laptop right now. It causes deafening beeps, even when the volume is at absolute minimum. WTF? Even when its sound checkbox is off (still beeps when it deactivates when you press two keys at once!)

The setting I use is this:
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Your AHK script might be useful. Maybe when triggered by Caps Lock instead of Shift. (If I can bring myself to unmap that key.)

[spremino]

Caps Lock -> Esc
Bottom row: Caps Lock - Alt - Ctrl - SPACE - Ctrl - Alt - Menu  - Win

[pyro]

Tried Sticky Keys - it's very annoying: [...] Your AHK script might be useful. Maybe when triggered by Caps Lock instead of Shift. (If I can bring myself to unmap that key.)

That's why I don't use Sticky Keys.

You can map the script to any key you want, just enter its name before "::"

Code: [Select]

Capslock::
Input key, L1 T2
SendInput +%key%
return
Note that you probably should shutdown Autohotkey while gaming.

[derpdederp]

Here you go, with this setup you hold down Caps Lock or right Alt and you get normal arrows for IJKL and shift works too (for highlighting). It has some extra stuff like compose key or the Caps Lock thing that you can remove.

Code: [Select]

#!/bin/sh -x
# Run script without arguments for a 2nd layer on the Poker,
# or with any argument to reset back to default.

setxkbmap -option
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
  setxkbmap us
  exit
fi

# Choose a keymap that has an extra layer (level 3),
# add compose key (shift+ralt) and caps lock toggle by pressing both shifts:
setxkbmap 'us(altgr-intl)' -option lv3:ralt_switch_multikey,shift:both_capslock

# menu to grave/tilde:
xmodmap -e 'keycode 135 = grave asciitilde grave asciitilde'

# rwin/super to altgr:
xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Super_R'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 134 = ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key'

# caps to altgr (shift+caps locks it!):
xmodmap -e 'remove Lock = Caps_Lock'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 66 = ISO_Level3_Shift ISO_Level3_Lock'

# numpad (just the keys needed for mouskeys)
xmodmap -e 'keycode 31 = i I i I Up Up'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 44 = j J j J Left Left'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 45 = k K k K Down Down'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 46 = l L l L Right Right'

# that's all folks


It is kind of a pain in Linux. Any idea why the up arrow on the kinesis is the only key that the default layout gets wrong? Still trying to figure out how to fix this with xmodmap.

[TacticalCoder]

It is kind of a pain in Linux. Any idea why the up arrow on the kinesis is the only key that the default layout gets wrong? Still trying to figure out how to fix this with xmodmap.

Holy thread necro'ing!  Wow.  And I posted in this thread in... 2011!

I'm not sure xmodmap is the way to go anymore. I'm using "xkb" since many years now. I've got a sweet setup, where I use the "Hyper" modifier + ijkl to send arrow keypresses. It's really nice because it works everywhere you can use the arrow keys (which is really nearly everywhere as far as I can tell). I've got a japanese keyboard (HHKB JP) just so I can get many modifiers (and still have Topre switches) and I used xkb to configure one the modifier to be "Hyper". I also have a "Super" modifier and that one is exclusively used by my window manager: so these shortcuts can never interfere with any program.

But whatever: you may have more luck with xkb than with xmodmap.

And once again: nice necro'ing : )