Comment by freedomben

Comment by freedomben a year ago

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> I wanted to flash the firmware so I could have capslock be left Ctrl in hardware

You're a person after my own heart. If there is a God, you're doing his/her/their work.

What was the hardware and firmware you were flashing?

HKH2 a year ago

Why have three Ctrl keys? Why not use an empty modifier and have your own shortcut keys that you can guarantee no other program uses?

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  • yjftsjthsd-h a year ago

    > Why have three Ctrl keys?

    You could just swap caps with one.

    > Why not use an empty modifier and have your own shortcut keys that you can guarantee no other program uses?

    Because that would require messy tinkering with multiple layers of software.

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    • HKH2 a year ago

      From memory, Linux has spare modifiers. You can see them using xmodmap. It's easy to assign shortcuts using them.

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fragmede a year ago

It was one of those wireless Apple keyboards, and I thought I had the settings right, but it turns out I didn't.

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