Great software. Especially the "lettermod" feature. It allows you to configure a key to switch to a layer / secondary actions if held for some time, but only if no other key was pressed within some time before. So secondary key actions don't happen while the user is actively typing a text. This makes it very easy to add homerow mods (adding Ctrl, Alt, etc to the homerow keys) without the struggle of accidently triggering them.
A key remapping daemon for Linux
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Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#22Does anyone know how this compares to interception-tools?[0]
Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#23keyd is great, I use it to have mac-style bindings
Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#24I've used `keyd` in the past and found it to be very fast and good. I have moved to `xremap` since, as an Emacs user being able to do this https://github.com/xremap/xremap/blob/master/example/emacs.y... make everything much much better.
Can something like that be done with `keyd`?
Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#25This is one of many things that used to be easier before wayland You can get pretty far with just the xkbd definions though, although you need root to reconfigure it. A bit ironically, the easiest way I've found to create xkbd definions is to start an X11 server, reconfigure your xmodmap+xcompose, and export the current xkbd settings. Xmodmap is much easier to edit than editing xkbd directly.
> You can get pretty far with just the xkbd definions though, although you need root to reconfigure it.
You can put them in user XDG_CONFIG_HOME – you might be right that you need root once to configure it to look there though. (And that might depend on how distro/package manager ships it.)
Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#26I've been using `keyd` for a while, it's pretty good. I even wrote a text explaining how I use it: https://crocidb.com/post/my-journey-trying-to-get-rid-of-cap...
Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#27I have been using this for a while and it's great. Here's my config
[main]
# Maps capslock to escape when pressed and control when held.
capslock = overload(control, esc)
# Maps left meta to alt+f1 when tapped alone for start menu
leftmeta = overload(meta, macro(A-f1))
# Makes a shift layer
[shift]
leftshift = capslock
rightshift = capslock
# i.e, when some shift is pressed down, the other shift being pressed will yield a capslock.
# So, press lshift+rshift for capslockRe: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, that is the downside to making your keyboard your own. Anytime I use someone else's computer I always spend a few seconds wondering why I just turned caps lock on and wrote a bunch of gibberish.
The caps lock thing always happens with me haha, the funnest thing is other people are unable to understand hitting caps lock is more ergonomic than right ctrl.
Others remap it to ESC...
Re: A key remapping daemon for Linux
#29Is it a competitor of Kanata ?