Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier

Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by eddyg on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:14AM (#50403877)

Have you looked at Karabiner Elements⁽¹⁾? It’s extremely capable; see a config like this⁽²⁾ for inspiration.

⁽¹⁾ https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ ⁽²⁾ https://github.com/pdelfino/karabiner-config

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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by Ungh on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:17AM (#50403891)

Yes I'm using it because I don't use a standard Apple keyboard with my Mac.

The issue is mostly the user interface design is mouse first, not keyboard first. Windows was more than a little better on that front.

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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by eddyg on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:27AM (#50403968)

With Hammerspoon⁽³⁾ and the Accessibility API, I’ve found there’s not really much I can’t do.

My biggest problem now is that when I help somebody else on their Mac, I’m so used to “my controls” that I have to stop and think how to do things the normal way.

⁽³⁾ https://www.hammerspoon.org/

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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by jazzypants on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:19AM (#50404756)

This would be much more interesting if it just exposed an API and didn't force Lua on you.

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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by lproven on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:36AM (#50404911)

I have it, regularly updated, from my efforts 10-15Y ago to try to get a Compose key working on OS X.

I failed.

I just haven't bothered to remove and clean up again.

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