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I am trying to use autohotkey to change what some mouse functions do, specifically when two buttons are held simultaneously
I would like to be able to use autohotkey to change my mouse functions a bit since Logitech's SetPoint isn't really cutting it. I would like to be able to press MouseClick, left + MouseClick, right ...
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How to swap ctrl and fn key on a MacBook Pro running Windows 7 via Boot Camp?
There are sooooo many discussion on the internet about swapping the fn and ctrl key on a MacBook Pro.
On the Mac side, a new software called ReMap4MacBook does a perfect job swapping the two key.
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Remapping keys using xkb
My return key is physically dead.
I'm running xubuntu. I am able to remap the AltGr to return using xmodmap. However when I reload xmodmap, either via shell or automatically during boot, it will hang ...
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Remap Keyboard Keys Windows 7 on the fly
I am working on a software project where I run an Adobe air project in fullscreen on laptops. I would like to avoid keys and combinations that would bring any other things to the front. So I would ...
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Remapping CAPS to Escape on Windows 7 without SharpKeys
I want to remap CAPS to escape (I use escape functionality all the time in many programs), but the two suggestions that seem to pop up are:
Hot Keys (which even the people proposing say is a pain)
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Enable Ctrl (or Alt) + arrow keys to mimic 'home' and 'end' functionality
I am a long time Mac user and I'm now using a Ubuntu machine for development, and while I'm more or less used to a lot of the keyboard shortcuts, one thing I can't get used to is using the 'Home' and ...
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Using VIM, how do I remap directional keys from right hand to left hand?
This is the best solution I've seen so far:
" Map Right Directionals to Left Commands
noremap s h
noremap d k
noremap f j
noremap g l
" Map Left Commands to Right Directionals
noremap h s
noremap k ...
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How to remap CAPSLOCK to ESC in Linux Mint 12
I would like to remap the CAPSLOCK key to ESC as this is easier to use in Vim. I can make it in Ubuntu 11.04 as there's an option for this in Keyborad configuration. But recently I switched to use ...
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Mapping Caps Lock to Escape and Control on Windows 7
I want to be able to map the Caps Lock Key to Escape if it is not pressed with any other key and Control if it is. How can I do that on Windows 7?
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Remap Command Key When Using Remote X11 Application On Mac
I have a Redhat application that I run on my OSX desktop via a remote X11 session. Everything works fine except keyboard shortcuts. I can copy with Command C but I have to use Control P rather than ...
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Can I swap CTRL and COMMAND on the Mac keyboard for a single app?
I already know I can swap CTRL and COMMAND on a Mac via the keyboard preferences. But I want to do this for a specific app, not system-wide. (More accurately I have swapped them system-wide but I ...
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In Mac can I remap Control-Delete or Control-W to act as Option-Delete?
Option-Delete will remove the word to the left of the cursor.
Is it possible to remap this behavior to Control-Delete or Control-W?
For extra credit... is it feasible to remap CTRL-Left/Right Arrow ...
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Home and end keys on USB keyboard recognized as left and right arrow in VirtualBox running Windows 7
I have got a Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 USB keyboard connected to my MacBook Pro. The keyboard layout is standard 104 keys.
When I run Windows 7 in VirtualBox the keyboard gets recognized as ...
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Cygwin - How do I remap X-term keys?
I would like to know how to remap some of the default keys for x-term.
Specifically I would like to remap the Cntrl+leftArrow and Cntrl+rightArrow keys to move a word forward or backwards. I would ...
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How to map keyboard to mouse buttons in OS X
Severe RSI is causing me pain each time I click the mouse.
I would like to map the right CMD and OPT (which I never use) to function as left and right mouse button.
How can I accomplish this?
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How can I remap keys for a remote desktop session in Windows?
My main machine runs Windows 7 and has Caps Lock mapped to Control.
When I remote to this computer from other machines (particularly ones that I do not manage or have administrator access to), their ...
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Issue with auto-repeat when I try to remap keys in Linux
I want to map Backspace to the Caps Lock key, and vice versa. I was successful in using this. The only issue is autorepeat. I can use these commands to respectively disable autorepeat on Backspace(my ...
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Map keyboard keys in Mac OS X (Unix)
Currently, when you're inside a terminal, CTRL+a move the cursor to the beginning, while CTRL+e move it to the end. I use those key combinations a lot since I don't have the home and end buttons on my ...
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remap specific key combination in one application only (Mac OS X)
I have a Mac (specifically Snow Leopard), so I'm used to Cmd+* to do things. My mail, for bold, underline, and italics, uses Ctrl+b/u/i instead of Cmd+b/u/i. How can I remap these three key ...
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How do I remap a key to a key-combination in the Windows 7 registry?
I have been able to remap the CapsLock key (3A) to the Left Shift key (2A) by adding the binary value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout\Scancode Map to the registry ...
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Remap or disable the F2 key's ability to toggle wifi on and off
On my Dell XPS 15 laptop, the top row of keys (the F1, F2, etc) serves two functions. They are both the F-number keys and the multimedia/misc controls and functions. In the BIOS you set them them to ...
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How can I remap the Caps Lock key in Mac OS X Lion?
I would like to remap the Caps Lock key to some other unused key (in a system-wide fashion).
Being a MacVim.app user, I always liked to idea of remapping the Caps Lock key to some other key such as ...
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How do I modify a keyboard shortcut that doesn't show up in the shortcut list?
If you look at this Apple support page there's a big list of shortcuts that are not listed in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts.
Specifically, Option-Command-H is ...
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Remap right command key in windows
I'm using a apple bluetooth KB on windows. How can I remap right command to become CTRL?
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How to delete backwards word and leading whitespace in vim?
I'm trying to remap option-backspace behave in vim in Mac OS X's Terminal app similarly to how it would behave in other Mac applications.
It should perform a backwards delete word, also deleting any ...
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How to map command in vim that maintains mode when invoked?
I'm running vim on a Linux VM that I'm ssh'd into via Mac OS X's Terminal app, and I want to configure it to do useful things with my arrow keys (among others).
For example, I want option-left to ...
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How to remap 'Switch to next window' shortcut on MacBook Pro with OS X?
On my mac, switch to next window is mapped to CMD + ´. This is a pain when you're using a browser and your focus in on an input field or textarea etc., because when you hit that combo, instead of ...
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xmodmap has no effect
First post. Here it goes:
I have Ubuntu 10.10, maverick.
A few days ago I was trying to convert my 'command' key on my apple computer to a 'ctrl' key, and after searching online I ran into xmodmap. ...
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Remapping <Esc> in MacVim angers Vim itself
I have the following line in my .vimrc:
nnoremap <Esc> :noh<Cr>
This works fine in MacVim. Whenever I open Vim itself, its "command bar" starts off with:
.2c
For what it's worth, ...
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Remapping CapsLock key
I've remapped CapsLock key to work like this:
CapsLock + J = Left arrow key
CapsLock + K = Down arrow key
etc.
I've used xmodmap (as explained here Mapping Super+hjkl to arrow keys under X).
The ...
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How do i execute a program based on a keypress from a specific USB keyboard?
I've been given one of these ubiquitous usb-sleep buttons which is basically a supersimple usb-keyboard. It's a big button that sends a SLEEP keypress to the computer when you slam it. But that is ...
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Send double-click with Autohotkey
I'd like to remap the middle mouse button to double-click using autohotkey.
A simple remapping (4th mutton -> middle button) worked fine using XButton1::MButton but I couldn't find a way to remap a ...
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Generic mouse button remapping utility/driver
I'm looking for a generic utility/driver that allows me some basic mouse button remapping; especially setting the thumb button as "middle button" and maybe even the wheel button as "double click".
I ...
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swap back caps and ctrl
I used to use swapped Ctrl and Caps for editing files in Emacs under Windows XP, so I have Ctrl function bind to Caps. Now I've got a new machine, and old traveled to another man, who wants to have ...
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Mac: How do I remap the context menu key on my keyboard to the command key?
I just got tho TRON gaming keyboard from razer. It's great: super sturdy and stuff.... But there is no command button on the right side... which is an issue for me, being a DVorak user, all of my ...
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Remap keys from SteelSeries G6v2
I bought a g6v2 from steelseries for the mechanical feeling of the keyboard
Unfortunately, they disabled the left windows key and replaced it with something akin to "FN" keys often found on laptops. ...
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Synergy: Mapping Additional Mouse Buttons to Expose/Show Desktop on a Mac
I own both a Mac and a PC, and I have recently started using Synergy in order to use the same mouse and keyboard on both computers. As of right now, the mouse and keyboard are connected to my PC - ...
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Remap arrow keys in osx
I would like to remap my left, right, up & down keys to fn key + j, k, l, i in OSX.
Is there a way to do this?
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Assigning caps lock key for contextual menu (right click) on OS X
I'd like to remap Caps Lock to right click - for the cases where I can focus on objects with cursor keys, or tab.
For instance after selecting files in Finder I'd like to push Caps Lock and get the ...
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Linux, Ubuntu & Apple Aluminium keyboard: remap greater/less with tilde
I have an Apple Aluminium keyboard. To the left of 1 key I have the less/greater (< >) key, not grave/tilde (` ~).
xmodmap does not work for me: layout switching (done with setxkbmap) resets my ...
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MacBook Pro / Windows 7 : remap Cmd key to Ctrl, except Cmd+Tab to Alt+Tab
I'm using a MacBook Pro running Windows 7 under bootcamp. I'm used to switching between Mac kb / MacOS X software and Windows kb / Windows software but the crazy mixup of Mac kb / Windows software ...
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How do you remap the scroll wheel up and down actions of a Logitech G700 mouse?
I have a Logitech G700 mouse. I'd like to remap the scroll up and down actions of the scroll wheel to either a key press or macro. Is this possible using the SetPoint software or some other means?
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Remapping special keys on the keyboard
I just bought a new keyboard today, and to my surprise it doesn't include "Next/Previous track" keys, although it has other media keys. It also has useless keys like "Home" which brings up the web ...
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What to replace the Caps Lock key to? [closed]
I want to remap my Caps Lock key. I know how to do this, this is not a question about How, this is a question about What. I want to remap it to something useful, not just disable it.
What could I ...
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Mapping multiple keys strokes to one key
I'm using both Windows 7 and XP (simulatnateously on two machines) and I'm getting frustrated with the fact that both versions use different keystrokes to move up the folder hierarchy in explorer. ...
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Make ` an un-dead in X11
I'm on a Swedish keyboard, a keyboard which is loaded with dead keys, that is, to produce an 'ä' I would press " (the same button as ~/^) and then a (or press the dedicated ä-button...), and to ...
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Change keyboard mapping
HP Mini 210
Fedora 14 xfce
I have bought a new HP Mini. I use it for programming in emacs.
However, I want to change the key mapping for the 'fn' and 'ctrl'. Basically I want to swap them ...
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Re-map right click from [shift-F10] to [shift-F9] on Vista
shift-F10 is the keyboard shortcut for right clicking. I'd like to change it to F9, because that is easier to find on the keyboard without looking. Is this possible?
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remap gnu screen “other” window selection
In my .screenrc file, I have:
escape \034\034
This remaps ^a to ^\. This works for switching windows when specifying the window number, such as ^\0 or ^\1 but the 'other' command is not available, ...
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How can I run another app when pressing the calculator key on my keyboard?
I've a Logitech Media Keyboard 600 which features a separate button to launch the calculator. I need that quite often, but the Windows shipped calculator is useless; there are more advanced out there.
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