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What does your OS do that I should steal?
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Caps Lock remapped to compose. Much more useful, especially for those of us who sometimes need to type "other" letters, but prefer US dvorak keyboard layout.
I don't really need the compose key, but rebinding caps does sound tempting. But what to bind it to... Hmm
I bound it to normal shift, because I fat-finger caps instead of shift all the time anyway lol
Haha fair enough
On Macs, I remap it to the Command (super) key. On Linux, I remap it to Ctrl.
It makes copying, pasting, etc. way more ergonomic and doesn't strain your pinky 😌
I have it activate a layer when held where all the other keys are remapped.
I also use a 45% keyboard (https://wilba.tech/jd45) and its done in the keyboard's firmware (https://qmk.fm/), so I need the extra keys.
I have an older model of the JD45 with a full bottom row.
I've been meaning to get my hands on a QMK board, but didn't get around to it yet. Having an extra layer with macros or something sounds super powerful. I wonder whether I'm able to replicate a similar behavior without touching the board's firmware. But I guess with enough registered keybinds it should work lol
I'm using it as a Super key on my 80s AT keyboard
what's the compose key? never heard of it but any excuse to not waste a key on caps lock sounds great.
Allows you to do umlauts, accents on letters etc.
E.g., öšéå
to make é (as in pokémon) I do alt + 0233
Basically, hitting compose causes the next two keystrokes to "combine". For example, / + o = ø, as well as the other letters that are useful to us with extra letters in the alphabet. In addition to that it provides a myriad of other characters such as copyright, trademark, just to name a few.
What? And lose one of the disco buttons? (along with scroll lock and num lock)
Flashing lights and a loud beep if set up right hehe.
Yes, love the compose key. My native language (Dutch) uses accents occasionally, but typing on a regular Dutch layout with dead keys is awful, especially as a software dev who uses loose quotes a lot.
It's also great for symbols. No more ddg'ing "euro symbol" and copying from Wikipedia, just type compose, e, =.
Does dutch have ß as well?
Also, noggie keyboard is alright for normal typing, but once you get into more geeky computery, some characters are awfully placed. ' " / { > just to name a few. That's why I started using US layout to begin with, and I later migrated to YS Dvorak because I'm that guy (PS: You should totally switch to Dvorak, bro)
No thankfully Dutch doesn't have any additional letters, just accents.
I have been wanting to try different keyboard layouts for a while. The issue is that my employer probably wouldn't be super happy with like 50% output for some days or weeks.
I was thinking that too for a while, but upon switching to dvorak my typing speed picked up surprisingly quickly.
On that note, I never bought into the meme about it being possible to type faster with dvorak. It might be true in theory, but in practice the bottleneck is fingers and old habits. I type around the same speed with dvorak as I did with qwerty. The main advantage to dvorak is that it's much more comfortable.
I had a realization around 2012 that I would most likely be using a keyboard for a living for the rest of my life, so that's why I started experimenting with alternatives to qwerty.