[HN Gopher] A Modern Space Cadet
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       A Modern Space Cadet
        
       Author : behnamoh
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-05-15 20:16 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (stevelosh.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (stevelosh.com)
        
       | keybored wrote:
       | I've read this article before. As far as I remember he didn't
       | create a software configuration for a Space Cadet keyboard. His
       | setup isn't full-featured enough.
        
       | philips wrote:
       | The hack to force you to use the correct shift key when touch
       | typing is amazing! I can't wait to try it. I have been plagued
       | with using the wrong key for years.
       | 
       | https://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/a-modern-space-cadet/#s16...
        
         | harryvederci wrote:
         | This made me think: After you train yourself to always use the
         | correct shift button, you could remap the "wrong" one (e.g. the
         | left shift button + "A" on a querty keyboard) to something
         | else.
         | 
         | Anyone here doing this? If so: what are the downsides to this
         | approach?
        
           | keybored wrote:
           | The downside is that you would be touch-typing incorrectly?
           | Assuming that you would intend to use that mapping.
        
       | Supermancho wrote:
       | There are a bunch of developers who review keyboards on youtube,
       | so this was rather disappointing.
        
       | Mountain_Skies wrote:
       | Every time I see that Apple keyboard, I can't help but be
       | reminded of the chicklet keyboards of the 8-bit era. Everything
       | old is new again.
        
       | antod wrote:
       | I thought this was going to be about pinball.
        
       | vermilingua wrote:
       | I've tried using AutoHotkey to replicate space cadet shift on
       | windows to no avail (very unresponsive). Does anyone know a way
       | to get it working?
        
         | __mharrison__ wrote:
         | I used EmacsEverywhere with ahk. It generally works great.
         | Sometimes while an holding down ctr-f (or b) it sticks in an f
         | (or b) instead of moving the curiosity forward (or back). I'm
         | pretty happy with it though.
         | 
         | (Don't hate me. Years of Emacs usage is hard to overcome. I
         | even made Emacs bindings for Davinci Resolve...)
        
         | WalterGR wrote:
         | > very unresponsive
         | 
         | AutoHotkey seems to operate at a pretty high level in Windows'
         | input processing stuff. There are lower-level APIs and tools
         | available, but which behaviors are you trying to replicate?
        
           | vermilingua wrote:
           | All I really want is to have each shift bound to parentheses
           | on tap. This was exceptionally easy to do in Mac (Karabiner)
           | but seems halfway to impossible on Windows.
           | 
           | AHK has usually worked for me in the past for rebindings, but
           | this problem in particular seems to be too much for it.
        
       | xixixao wrote:
       | This details how to allow for single "modifier + key" combo for
       | opening apps instead of alt-tabbing.
       | 
       | That sounds pretty awesome actually!
        
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