Re:Vim Foot Pedal
by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:17AM
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I'm not a programmer, mostly do CAD / CAM and general construction business whatever.
I remapped capslock to delete, and shift-capslock to capslock for the rare occasion I want to yell at my future self.
thats becauze ctrl z/x/c/v aren't used for copy paste if you're using vim or emacs.
Now if only other programs would agree (e.g. web browser)
there are a lot more programs in use today than vim or emacs.
Re:Vim Foot Pedal
by myrandomcomment on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:41AM
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That is simple. Just keep your control key and map caps lock to control also. That way you are never out of control.
My fix for this is to also remap holding the Enter key to right control.
That way I can use the "control" key on the opposite side of the alpha key, the same way one is meant to do with the shift key when touch typing.
Re:Vim Foot Pedal
by hombre_fatal on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:01AM
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I just naturally used my ring or middle finger to press capslock in those cases. If you like the idea, then maybe stick with it longer than <1 sec. ;)
Makes zero sense ergonomically to put the CTRL key on the home row.
I tried it for about 0.05 seconds and after pressing CTRL+Z one time I knew it was not a good idea for me. pinky finger does not like pressing a key while being on a higher row than another finger also pressing a key. painful.