Re: Re: New to the list

Yeah, I remember Key postitions more by letter also. While pressing CTRL X V
and Z became almost second nature, some of my prgrams actually use CTRL J
and CTRL K for useful purposes. And if I start doing keyboard VooDoo to move
stuff around it gets crazy. So, I told myself early on that I would learn
the shortcuts in their new positions - even if it was damned annoying to do
so, which it is.

I have set up my keyboard using the layout creator for a different purpose:
I ten-key all my numbers - so the ones on the top row I set up for their
shifted forms in their unshifted state and vise-versa, from "1" to "]"

Thus, when I hit the key imprinted with a "1" I get a "!" unless I hold domn
the Shift key, in which case I get "1".

If anyone else wants an installer that is Dvorak but with the top-row
inverted from "1" to "]" - let me know, I'll upload it to my site.

I also ran in to the CTRL W problem but quickly nipped that one in the bud.
I tried using the keyboard layout creator to do it, but was largely
ineffective at taking care of the CTRL combination while leaving the
non-CTRL in place.

So I used AutoHotKey instead:
http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

When it is run, it creates a script file the first time (then you run it
again to get it loaded)
In that script file, adding the following worked like a charm:
^w::Return

That means "If I press CTRL W, do nothing instead"

So ultimately, what I am saying is that I have settled to a combination of
the keyboard creator and AutoHotKey to eliminate many of my annoyances,
except for the horrid positioning of the shortcuts themselves.

Eventually, I might change CTRL C V and X, but I thnk I have resorted to
just using my PFN kefs for them instead. That is an option, however, that
many users won't have, and if I decided to go TypeMatrix eventually, neither
would I.

But the more I think about it, the more making CTRL ; (No use in most
programs) and CTRL Q ("quit" in most prgrams, which I use ALT F4 anyway) be
remapped to CTRL C and CTRL V seems appealing... =)

The following just might find it's way in to my AHK file...
^;::^c
^q::^v

--Keith

On 2/9/07, Marcus Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Feb 9, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Rob Smith wrote:
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> > Possible problems:
> ...
> > - You're using linux or mac. You should be able to apply the same
> > principle, but I've no idea which files you need to edit or
> > software that
> > you need to use.
> ...
>
> Mac OS X actually includes a "Dvorak - Qwerty (command)" layout that
> keeps the QWERTY layout for command keys only. I tried something like
> that for a while (back in the Resedit days), but I'm the sort that
> finds command keystrokes easier to remember by the letter mnemonic
> than by position.
>
> I'm sure there's still something like ResEdit for the Mac, but I
> don't know how to find or use it anymore. I think the old Classic
> layouts still work if you put them in the right place in OS X.
>
> Marcus
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