Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Wearing out the W-key (Part 2)

I was half joking about re-mapping Ctrl-W, but it got me thinking.

The happy hacking keyboard moves the Ctrl key from it's regular position to where the Caps Lock key normally is (and incidentally does away with the Caps Lock key completely).

So I thought it might be worth re-mapping the Caps Lock key to act like a third Ctrl key. And so far I like it!

It took a few days to force myself to use it - but I find it much easier on my wrists for common key combinations like Ctrl-W, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V (try it now - press CapsLock-C). Common Triple key combinations (for Eclipse and IntelliJ) like Ctrl-Alt-L can still be done using the Left Ctrl key.

And I haven't needed to use Caps Lock once!

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