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Ask HN: What is your favourite keyboard customizations? (qmk,system config)

6 pointsby nzach5 months ago
For me the most useful customization I&#x27;ve ever found was to replace CapsLock by Esc. It is so ingrained in my muscle memory by now that I really struggle to use a keyboard when this mapping is not in place.<p>I&#x27;ve always made this configuration via system options and it works really well. I was pleasantly surprised to discover this was a pretty simple configuration to set up in a mac, much easier than what I had experienced on linux.<p>Recently I&#x27;ve started to dip my toes in the QMK world and was wondering what are some interesting &#x27;modernization&#x27; I could apply to my workflow.<p>I see a lot o people singing the praises of layered workflows, but my memory is not that great and I struggle a lot with the &#x27;layout memorization&#x27; part. Maybe if I could print my own keycaps this would be easier.<p>Do you have any customization ideas to share ?

3 comments

hellojpg5 months ago
I typically make Caps Lock into a function layer, then have I, J, K, and L be up, left, down, and right respectively. Home and End on U and O, Page Up and Page Down on Y and H. This way during typing, I don&#x27;t need to move my right hand to move my cursor around.
ljosa5 months ago
SpaceFN, so I can hold space and press HJKL for arrow keys.
gjvc5 months ago
capslock is control
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