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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Lammie on Sun, 29 June 2014, 08:16:20

Title: Cherry keyboard manager: remap 'z' into 'y'
Post by: Lammie on Sun, 29 June 2014, 08:16:20

Hi,

Heard about the Cherry keyboard manager software, to remap certain keys. I want to know if it is possible to remap the 'z' key into a 'y' key (qwertz into qwerty)?

Title: Re: Cherry keyboard manager: remap 'z' into 'y'
Post by: BlueBär on Sun, 29 June 2014, 09:01:13

Cherry.de seems to not load for me but I'll try to help you without knowing exactly what that software does.

Only very few Cherry keyboards can be programmed on a hardware level (meaning that they keep their programmed functions even when you attach it to a different computer).
If your keyboard can not be programmed on a hardware level, the most common approach would be using a program like AutoHotKey.

Title: Re: Cherry keyboard manager: remap 'z' into 'y'
Post by: Lammie on Sun, 29 June 2014, 10:05:29

Thanks for your help. Looking forward hearing from you.

Title: Re: Cherry keyboard manager: remap 'z' into 'y'
Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 29 June 2014, 10:07:06

Most of the cherry keyboards you cannot program the alpha keys. The only one I can think of offhand is the G80-1950 and it's terrible.

You can usually just switch to german layout or whatever using your computer.

Another option is to use software like keyremap4macbook or autohotkey (windows).

Title: Re: Cherry keyboard manager: remap 'z' into 'y'
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 29 June 2014, 10:35:44

Best way would be to use other language keymap, or customize keymap if you did want to move Z/Y on DE for example. The legends on the keycaps do not control what the keyboard does, the language keyboard map file in the OS does that where it assigns a charachter to the scancode the keyboard sends. So I can plug in FR azerty board and type US qwerty on it as the OS has no idea what is on the keyboard.