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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 02 July 2012 05:07:00PM *  8 points [-]

AutoHotkey

I have been using AutoHotkey to do keyboard remapping for more than a year now. It has given me a very significant improvement in typing speed, but more importantly less strain in my fingers.

I do the following remappings:

  • V-->space
  • Space-->shift
  • CapsLock -->V (I never use CapsLock, so I don't remap anything to it)
  • F4--> Ctrl+S (save)
  • F5--> Ctrl+C (copy)
  • F6--> Ctrl+X (cut)
  • F7--> Ctrl+V (paste)
  • F9 --> Ctrl+Backspace (full word backspace)
  • BackSpace-->J
  • J-->BackSpace

I don't necessarily expect that everyone will find these remappings useful, but I expect that everyone could benefit from some remappings.

Comment author: shminux 02 July 2012 07:51:27PM *  11 points [-]

I don't care much about typing speed, but I find hitting wrong keys very annoying, so I simply pull off the keys I never use, like CapsLock and Insert. Works equally well on Mac, Windows and Linux, no special software required :)

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 06 July 2012 05:36:59PM *  2 points [-]

I usually pull off the insert and "Windows" keys and most of the keys from the numpad, leaving enough for a second set of arrow keys and not much more.

Comment author: Emile 03 July 2012 03:17:10PM 0 points [-]

Oh, I used to do that all the time. Those keys should be relabelled "fuck up whatever it is you were trying to write". Now that I'm a bit better at touch-typing, I don't do that any more, maybe I should (insert still is kinda annoying).