A Mathematical Keyboard Layout (2018)

Re:A Mathematical Keyboard Layout (2018) by reaperducer on Sunday April 04, 2021 @03:18PM (#26692066)

This has inspired me to try to make my own custom keyboard. Does anyone know of a good keyboard remapping tool for the Mac? I have BetterTouchTool, but I've found it's not reliable on my machine. (And probably other people's machines, which is why it includes a "Restart" option in its menu.)

I like the keyboard company the article links to, but the keyboards it offers don't have the full range of function keys that macOS supports (It's four short). Are there other custom-printed keyboard companies I should consider?

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Re:A Mathematical Keyboard Layout (2018) by remolueoend on Sunday April 04, 2021 @05:29PM (#26693009)

Depending on your version of MacOS, I'd recommend Karabiner-Elements for remapping: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/

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Re:A Mathematical Keyboard Layout (2018) by bradrn on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:22PM (#26693714)

To port my keyboard layout [0] to OSX, I used ‘osxkb’ [1], which outputs an OSX keyboard layout bundle given a simple textual specification file. It was originally created specifically to port Conkey to OSX, but should be entirely usable for other purposes as well.

[0] https://github.com/bradrn/Conkey

[1] https://github.com/akamchinjir/osxkb

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Re:A Mathematical Keyboard Layout (2018) by kps on Sunday April 04, 2021 @06:03PM (#26693228)

If you want to do something like the article, with a custom layout (e.g. defining characters for Option and Shift+Option), then what you want (as hyperjeff mentioned above) is Ukelele https://software.sil.org/ukelele/

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Re:A Mathematical Keyboard Layout (2018) by limeblack on Sunday April 04, 2021 @03:22PM (#26692099)

> Are there other custom-printed keyboard companies I should consider?

Get a clear or white keyboard cover. As a last resort spray paint one white.

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