Why does Cruise Control for Cool even exist? I mean in what scenario did computer scientists find they were holding down the shift key so often that they needed a dedicated button to lock it in place?
I haven't heard that term for a decade.
>tfw typewriters have caps lock
>>53840850
Back when people used typewriters they used CAPITAL LETTERS to write titles since that was the only way to control the typeface. It was also easy to implement Caps Lock as a Shift-without-lock-feedback. Know your history.
Full cpaital letter usage was mostly much more readable on a TTY back in the day.
http://www.itsamples.com/caps-unlocker.html
>>53840850
Let's talk about other useless keys like Scroll Lock (used only in Excel) and Pause/Break
i'd argue that NumLock should be removed and leave the numeric pad as a numeric pad
altgr isn't really necessary either i think?
Most architectural and engineering documentation relies on block caps. It's a carryover from the days of hand drafting in ink and having to maximise legibility.
>>53840945
Pause/Break is an extremely useful key you dumbass.
>>53840850
HOW WOULD I TELL OP THAT HE IS A STUPID SHIT WITHOUT GOOD OL' CAPSLOCK YOU DICK?
>>53840850
I use it when editing mp3s and what every word starting with a capital letter, say "Niggers In Paris" instead of "niggers in paris".
>>53841008
Just gggUG to capitalize entire buffer.
>>53840850
When you look at coding conventions of programming languages like COBOL and even modern languages like SQL that were influenced by COBOL, you can see why CAPS LOCK was useful.
Nowadays, I just map it to another Control key. It's friggin' great.
>>53840945
Certain languages need Alt Gr because they have more than two variants of letters or too many letters in general.
But it's technically the same as Ctrl + Shift
But since I'm using a custom layout, I'll actually be dropping Caps Lock and replace it with something more useful.
4CHAN REPLY TO >>53840850
UNCLASSIFIED - APPROVED FOR GENERAL RELEASE
SUMMARY: TITLES OF DOCUMENTS OR SECURITY NOTICES ARE OFTEN IN CAPITALS.
>>53841067
>But it's technically the same as Ctrl + Shift
except its not, you can only assces the tertiary function of a key with AltGr while ctrl+shift does nothing or thiggers some program specific hotkey
I remapped my Caps Lock key. It now works like a smartphone shift buttons - it capitalizes a single letter and then turns off. I like it, helps the RSI. I don't have to stretch my hands goofily while holding shift.
I prefer using the caps lock key twice to holding for shift
I type faster being able to tap caps lock with my 2nd finger than trying to hold my pinkie over shift or move my 2nd finger down.
Holding a key slows the entire hand down (at least for me) more than adding an extra keystroke.
>>53841522
>I don't have to stretch my hands goofily while holding shift.
There are two shift keys for a reason. Use your other hand.
interfacing with mainframes, basic compatibility, old fortran
what are you doing, OP
>>53840876
>>53840894
>typewriters
/thread
>>53840850
Other useless keys:
/ on numpad, even though we already have it elsewhere
-Right shift - for what? probably everyone uses left shift
-clear/escape on numpad - for what purpose?
- insert - again, for what purpose in 2016? why not have an insert mode toggle from a system hotkey instead, it's not such a used function anymore
The problem with remapping Caps Lock is that on some keyboards it has a LED toggle which is a hardware function, if I'm not mistaken. So if you remap it to something like a left Enter, the LED gets toggled on everytime.
>>53843381
>-Right shift - for what? probably everyone uses left shift
kek
>>53843102
I did use them. Not anymore. It's still more strain in the pinky which is an issue for me
>>53843381
>a LED togglekeycode 66 = Hyper_L
remove lock = Hyper_L
Disable the light via Xmodmap.
>>53843381
>-clear/escape on numpad - for what purpose?
Calculators
>>53840850
Now you know why Google wants to replace it.
>>53840850
> children these days
> never even heard of a "typewriter"
Google "legacy"
With the way I type, I can just throttle the Shift key to do a long string of capital letters.
I don't even need a right Shift key because I'm fairly certain I never use my right pinky finger for anything.
>>53840945
>altgr isn't really necessary either i think?
Typical uninformed american
>>53843531
But can you hold down both shift keys and type THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG?
Capslock is pretty useful when posting on online forums.
>>53843553
HE QUIK BROWN FO JUPS OER HE LA DOG
Fucking USB key rollover.
>>53840850
I rebinded mine to Escape
using one simple tricksetxkbmap -option caps:escape
>>53843437
So now you just push the key right next to shift instead of shift? :(
>>53843626
I tap rather than hold. Less effort
>>53843487
>no function keys
>dedicated browser navigation keys
>>53843553
HE UICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER HE LAZY DOG
>>53843553
HE QUCI BROWN OX UMP OVER HE Z OG
>>53843818
To be fair if yu're using a Chromebook you probably don't have much use for function keys anyways
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
2easy
>>53843381
>-Right shift - for what? probably everyone uses left shift
If you learned how to use your fucking keyboard properly you'd know both shifts are used equally
>- insert - again, for what purpose in 2016? why not have an insert mode toggle from a system hotkey instead, it's not such a used function anymore
It's
Ctrl + insert and shift + insert are standard key combinations for copy and paste in every OS.
I guess you can fuck off really.
>>53840945
>Pause/Break
>useless
>>53843540
your fault for having retarded accents in your letters
I absolutely hate the new generation of toddlers who cant compute.
There are actual people who buy keyboards without a numpad or function keys today.
>>53844028
people make keyboard without function keys?
... i can't even imagine trying to use a computer with no function keys
>>53844060
>>53843553
HE QUIC BROWN OX UMP OVER HE Y OG
>>53843951
>Ctrl + insert and shift + insert are standard key combinations for copy and paste in every OS.
Are you fucking retarded? Nobody would press ctrl insert instead of the much easier to press ctrl v. You're just trying to sound like a speshul snowflake for knowing some edgelord hotkeys. Nobody gives a fuck.
>>53844060
function keys are keys that perform an action (like going back, refreshing a page, playing the next song), right?
I could do without them.
I would never give away my numpad though.
>>53844118
ctrl + c interrupts the current process in the terminal no one use that.
also my right control is remapped to the win-key because the model-M doesn't have it
>>53844128
>HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FUNCTION KEYS ARE
>>53844112
>>53844148
just yanking yer chain mayn
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
>>53844118
>Nobody would press ctrl insert instead of the much easier to press ctrl v. You're just trying to sound like a speshul snowflake for knowing some edgelord hotkeys. Nobody gives a fuck.
Ctrl + C sends a sigint signal to whatever process you're running.
Once again, just because you drooling /v/edditors don't use anything but your mouse and wasd keys doesn't mean every other key is unnecessary.
Get a fucking job mate.
>he doesnt capitalize a comment to make absolutely sure the next retard sees it before utterly breaking the code and then showing up at his door with torches and pitchforks
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
And they said WASD was shitty! Haha!
>what is programming
>not having control where caps lock is
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG
For people to use when they are really angry
But seriously though in the beginning, there were no fonts or whatever, no bold/underline so you just typed headers in all caps
>>53844147
I was talking about the keyboard layout in general, not about edge cases for people who spend most of their time in the terminal. The terminal is obviously not the prevalent use for a keyboard.
Actually I'd go so far to say there should be keyboards for the general public and keyboards for different categories of niches, like programmers, gamers, typists, etc.
Then there should be a general layout for most typical uses, which doesn't have to include keys like Pause/break, insert, scroll lock, etc, which are useless for most people, but maybe are useful for some niche categories of users.
There are so many useless keys. Like F3. Nobody ever preses F3 for anything. Fucking SysRq key. Like nobody uses linux so what is the point of it. Those fucking menu keys too. And print screen.
>>53844229
>manufacturers run with this retarded idea
>normalfagboards now sold at the same price, heralded as a great new thing by minimalist fucktards
>full featured keyboards now cost significantly more
>manufacturers now make even more money while shitting on consumers in a new way
No, that's fucking stupid.
>>53844229
I gotta agree here, we have keyboards where you need everyone to be on board from people who only use email/facebook to programmers, people running servers etc.
But generally people probably care less about a handful of seemingly redundant keys than they would like to learn a new keyboard layout.
>>53844229
>Actually I'd go so far to say there should be keyboards for the general public and keyboards for different categories of niches, like programmers, gamers, typists, etc.
If I were you I'd go and kill myself.
So yeah.
Keyboard for the drooling retards you just described exist.
You can find them on chromebooks and other facebook-friendly garbage.
Leave the rest alone.
>>53844280
>Nobody ever preses F3 for anything
default key for search in a lot of programs
>>53844229
They already exist, they're called 60% keyboards loads of companies make them.
>>53844280
F3 is the same as ctrl-f in Chrome and Firefox iirc. Maybe other Windows programs as well.
>>53844280
F3 is the default to trigger split view in my file manager, I use it all the time.
>>53844280
>Nobody ever preses F3 for anything
File management
>>53844229
All of that stuff already exists. Ever heard of mechanical keyboards? They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes.
>Fn
>AltGr
fuck whoever came up with those keys
>i dont use this key remove it from keyboards
Stupiest thing i have ever heard unless you are removiing a row removing one is pointless
>>53844334
Even Applel makes these things, normie approved.
>>53840850
THEY WANTED TO YELL AT EACH OTHER IN EMAILS OR MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE IN OLD SCHOOL TERMINAL MODE
>>53844369
I did. While I appreciate the performance of mechanicals, I don't appreciate the noise they make nor the fact that the keys are quite tall, which leaves a lot of room for dirt to collect between and underneath them.
That's why I'm actually using a chiclet keyboard right now, even if the performance sucks ass, at least it's not noisy and it doesn't turn into a mess full of lint and fluff every few days. I hope one day they will build mechanicals which aren't noisy and don't have so much key travel, so dirt won't gather in those frames.
>>53844380
i use Fn + f10-12 for volume control and f5-6 for brightness. Is there any other way I can do this? It only works with ASUS ATK package which gives me these ugly as fuck animations every time I adjust volume.
>>53843553
T QUI BROWN FO JUP OR T LAZY OG
GH60 based custom.
I have a non standard matrix so other anons with a similar setup might have different key combos working (or all of them)
I want more keys. Give me as many keys as possible. I want my entire desk to be made of keys. Keys and switches and levers and wheels.
>>53844492
>GH60 based custom
Don't you have NKRO or at least 6KRO?
>>53844410
The only thing I could say I like about that chiclet is that the upper face seems to have metal in it.
But everything else sucks so much ass:
>no numpad
>white
>no backspace? wtf
>cramped arrow keys - I guess, to their defense, they needed to diferentiate them enough so that you can identify them quickly without looking at the keyboard, but they are still so small
>>53844510
I guess not. IDK. It works fine otherwise.
I did have to reboot my teensy though since I believe that holding both shifts and pressing one of the buttons I hit is a shortcut or something.
The original keyboard I built this one off of would only let you hit three or so keys and the mouse buttons (which were under zxc) were part of the key matrix so hitting those by resting your palm would trigger it. I was quick to cut this thing up.
how come printscn does not take screenshots or print the screen?
>>53840850
It's a toggle between run and walk in some of the games I play and that's the only reason I have not rebound that key to something else.
I would rather just have a key that I only use occasionally then have to rebind keys for every game I play.
>>53844522
Backspace key is called delete on mac boards, it's the same on apple's fullsized keyboard.
>>53843818
>2016
>Still needing function keys for something
I guess grandpas still need them for DOS games or something.
Probably the same grandpas who still need hardware keys for home/back on their phones, think buckling springs are still the best mechanical action, and that their mice need flawless OPTICAL sensors, because "all laser sensors are flawed and that DPI is completely impractical anyway!" when all they do is just commit comments/annotations to git projects they stumbled across online berating the original writer for doing something without even fixing it or offering a change.
>>53843553
THEQCKBRWXJVERTHELAZYG
based BW
>>53844634
I use them all the time, senpai.
>F2 for renaming shit
>F3 for searching shit
>F5 for refreshing shit
>F6 for typing shit into the address bar
>F11 for making my browser bigger
>>53844634
gr8 b8 m8
>>53844634
do you not use F5 to refresh, or ALT+F4 to close?
Mouse movement is slow as fuck.
>>53840850
You've clearly haven't worked in Accounting, have you?
>>53844634
>when all they do is just commit comments/annotations to git projects they stumbled across online berating the original writer for doing something without even fixing it or offering a change
>>53844628
That's better, but still why does Apple make only these gay-ass Snow White keyboards? I would have gotten one like that if it was black and maybe a wireless version for my comfy writing while reclining on my chair.
Also those are overpriced to shit, one is like 100 eurobucks in Europ.
I got something like that from Microsoft but the performance is craptastic.
>>53844737
I'll take FN key for $200, Alex
>>53844803
are you severely braindamaged?
Why would you want less keys and use obnoxious macros instead of having dedicated buttons? are you so fucking autistic you cant stand the sight of a fully featured keyboard?
fucking kill yourself
>>53844737
I browse the internet with my right hand on my mouse and my left hand in my pants.
>>53844822
I don't get why having a key combination for seldom used keys is inherently bad. Your hand is literally on the keyboard anyway and if you have a decent keyboard, chances are your thumb is on or near the fn key anyway.
>Anon gets mad because he has to touch the keyboard so he can press a button.
And why are you so aggressive, anon?
>>53844875
>seldom
maybe for you motherfucker
> go study in Germany for a year, one of top universities of their country
> go into computer room
> see this
122-key QWERTZ but the one there had both a 'caps lock' and 'caps unlock' key (capslock twice didn't work, you had to unlock it). Left top key said HELP and XFCE crashed if you pressed F24...
>more keys is a bad thing
Even the most useless key is still hotkey fodder.
Go back to your shitty 60% pez dispenser keyboard pls
>>53844898
If you constantly have to refresh pages, you are doing it wrong and if you constantly have to close programs, well you're doing that wrong too.
>>53843487
Oh well, its not too bad, they just put a "reload" symbol on F5, to make it easier to find for normies…
THEY PUT IT ON FUCKING F4, OR EVEN F3, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT IT
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>53844908
This is my current keyboard.
>>53843487
>alt almost the size of shift
What the fuck
>>53844875
With a normal keyboard:
>ctrl+alt+F1 swtiches to TTY1
With your convulted keyboard idea:
>ctrl+alt+fn+1 switches to TTY1
>>53844847
I browse it with my left hand on the keyboard, and the left hand on my dick.
CTRL+n and alt+tab are godsavers for porn
I can switch between 6 tabs comfortably (without moving my hand; I can switch between 9 tops).
pressing the windows key and typing in "H" opens Honeyview, and then I press F2 to open my doujins.
If I have to, I can switch between my browser and honeyview without moving my hand.
I've built my workflow around using the left part of the keyboard, rarely moving it.
>>53844972
rarely moving my left hand*
>>53844982
that wasn't the pressing erratum
>>53844908
... where's escape and caps unlock?
>>53844967
And on a good keyboard, ctrl and alt are right next to the fn key. If I constantly needed F keys, I would probably use a different keyboard, but I don't.
Have you ever actually used a 60%? I never realized how seldom I actually use F keys until I got a keyboard without native keys.
I wish more keyboards had the numpad, arrows and page/delete/home stuff on the left of the letters
>>53843487
>no function keys
>full row of browser navigation keys and other keys to replace the function keys
>no windows key
>no insert/delete/home/end/pageup/pagedown keys
>not even a fucking fn key
>xboxhuege ctrl and alt that could have been made smaller to fit an fn key
>is that a search key in place of CAPS LOCK
That picture gave me cancer. Although to tell the truth I'm rather suprised that ctrl and alt were actually still included.
>>53843553
THE UICK BRON FOX JUMP OVER THE LZY DOG
not so bad, after all
>>53843553
HE QUIC BROWN OX UMP OVER HE Z OG
>>53845017
The one in pic has no caps unlock, it was on the left row of the big 'island' (where lshift is in pic), escape was in the leftmost island but was in german so don't remember the name.
>>53843599
Vim?
>>53843818
>>53844934
>>53844961
>>53845056
It's a chromebook you autists. It doesn't need a windows key, or FN keys.
Also if you own a chromebook hit
CTRL + ALT + Swirly key
CTRL + D
Space
Enter
>>53845084
X11/Linux
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
QUICKFIRE XT MASTER RACE
>>53845056
the search key sends a super ("windows") keycode. I could see that being useful, but I just rebound it to control anyway. The lack of home/end is a problem, and the mislabeled fn keys are worse.
>>53844847
>I only use Internet for porn brah
>>53841067
>>53841436
it's not Ctrl + Shift because it's Ctrl + Alt
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROPWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
>>53843553
HE QUIK BROWN FO JUPS OER HE LA DOG
HP Basic Keyboard
>>53843553
H UCK BON FOX JUMPS OV H LAZY DOG
>>53840945
How about the context menu button between right control and alt? Who the fuck thought that was a necessary addition?
>>53843553
THE UIC BRON OX UPS OER THE LAZ DOG
>tfw the USB port on my mechanical keyboard broke off the PCB
>>53840850
I work in construction design. Every item of text that goes on any drawing with very few exceptions is typed in all caps, so I use the caps lock key everyday.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
I found this thread interesting.
Should I kill myself now?
>>53843553
what does this test prove?
>>53843553
HE QUIK BRON FO JUPS OER HE LA DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.
>The keyboard that came with my HP 500-311.
>>53840850
>eberyone is a cumpuder siendisd :----DDDDDDDDDDD
>>53843553
THEUIKROWFOJUPSOERTHELAYDOG
AYY LMAO Asus quality keyboards
>>53840966
What does it do?
I press it and nothing happens
>>53844689
>>F11 for making my browser bigger
this is cancer
>>53844689
>>F6 for typing shit into the address bar
I thought everyone used ctrl L
>not mapping your keys to whatever you want
Truly, this is neo-/g/
>>53843102
>There are two shift keys for a reason.
But why is one bigger than the other?
Why can't they both be the same small size, and have room for another key on the right hand side?
>>53843553
HE QUIC BROWN OX UMP OVER HE Z OG
Why don't my capital numbers work?
I just get gibberish.
!@#$%^&*()
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
what's the catch?
>>53843599
I swapped mine with control. Seriously, best decision I've made in my life.
>>53846901
My lowercase numbers are working fine
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
Integrated keyboard on rMBP 15"
>>53844028
I write software in C-family languages and have zero need for a numpad. In fact I've come to hate numpads because on laptops, they shift the trackpad 50,000 miles to the left which is uncomfortable as fuck and on desktops they make reaching for your pointing device a three-month pilgrimage. I can only use 60%/tenkeyless layouts now.
>>53840945
in mid 90's I learned foxbase+ and this text editor called 'sidekick' which runs in the background so you don't have to quit fox to edit the querys, alt+tab hides it and scroll lock moves the frame (window?) across the screen, print screen sent directly to the printer, men MSDOS 5.0 was the shiet!!
Windows 3.11 was too expesive and makes the hardware obsolete
>>53844060
>>53844190
Not that guy, but if you're running OS X then insert-based copy+paste really is unnecessary because the system-wide shortcuts of Cmd-C and Cmd-V work fine in terminals.
>>53840945
>altgr isn't really necessary either i think?
It's used for special characters in some (if not all) layouts
>>53840850
I actually wouldn't mind having a keyboard with twice as many keys.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
ez
Corsair K70
>>53847200
>Alt-Opt
>Fn next to right Shift
>Ctrl where Caps Lock should be
>>53843381
>Caps Lock
>remapping it to left Enter
>>53847879
Alt is Opt on Macs. They're the same key.
Ctrl in caps lock position is amazing if you find yourself using Ctrl-based key shortcuts at all. It's so much easier to reach than either of the standard control positions, and caps is pretty fucking useless on modern PCs anyway. If I for some reason need to set cruise control all I have to do is hold down Fn and Ctrl turns into Caps.
>>53847924
What else?
>>53844028
Why would I want a numpad, further decreasing ergonomity by forcing the mouse to be even further to the right?
I'm a programmer, not an accountant. Numpads are mostly by people who do a shitload of work with numbers or by people who don't know how to touch type.
>>53845593
it's useful when you don't have a mouse.
>>53845593
So you can get a context menu with just the keyboard if necessary, or just if useful since you can push the button faster than you move your hand to the mouse.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FO JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
MSEK 4000. No idea why the X key stops working with both shift keys held down.
>>53843553
HE QUIK BROWN FO JUPS OER HE LA DOG
Model M masterrace repoting in
>>53848143
>>53848150
>Not having a mouse
>DE
What? This is a thing? If you don't own a mouse, why would you use a UI that practically requires one?
>>53848181
>MSEK
I'm so sorry.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
I don't get it, that was easy.
>>53848229
>>MSEK
>I'm so sorry.
I'd drop it if there were actually any mechanical ergos but there aren't. The ones that do exist are all meme-tier Kickstarter projects made by people just trying to fund their ramen addiction.
>>53843553
HE QUIC BROWN OX UMP OVER HE Z OG
i'm on a bamboo keyboard i got for $2 from "gabriel brothers", a shitty used clothes store.
>>53848453
Maltron. The MSEK the absolute opposite of ergonomic, though.
>>53848853
>Maltron
>can't order from their online store
>$570
>keys look like they were just thrown randomly on the board with no regard for logic
>marketed as "special needs keyboards"
Please tell me you were memeing by rec'ing this.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
K70 master race
>>53841017
Did you really spell that song title that way?
>>53848950
I am so sorry, let me edit it to "N*ggers In Paris"
>>53840850
I find it annoying that it's so uncommon for the Caps Lock key to be recessed nearest the A key. I don't know why, but I find myself hitting Caps Lock by accident pretty often on my CM Storm keyboard.
>>53848904
>Wants ergo keyboard
>Doesn't want one with an actual ergonomic layout
>>>/reddit/ you fucking memer.
Kinesis Advantage is the poverty knockoff, by the way.
>>53848453
>I'd drop it if there were actually any mechanical ergos but there aren't.
Kinesis Advantage. Also known as, "The Keyboard That Saved My Career".
>>53848978
So remap capslock to "A"
>>53849065
No. Sometimes I want caps lock.
>>53849076
>Sometimes I want caps lock.
fag
>>53849083
>using a keyboard
fag
>>53844590
It takes a screenshot and puts it on your clipboard. You've got to paste it into paint.
>>53849083
Fuckin' Awesome Guy? Yep.
>>53849076
Then remap A to caps lock
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
>>53843553
TE UIC RWN JUS VER TE LAY DG
writing cobol.
>>53844028
But anon, I am so proud of my wife's son! He uses his smartphone all day, I bet he's a real computer genius, ha ha ha!
For writing code in assembly
>>53848150
You can press shift+f10, in case you would end up using a keyboard without it,
Same with ctrl+esc for start.
>only time I use caps is when I have to press it again after pressing it accidentally
It's fucking trash
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
>>53840907
Fuck thats pascal. I hate it
>>53840850
I use cap locks in work (aerospace industry). It's just a lot easier for me and acceptable to cruise control on documentation.
All emails are, of course, written with proper capitalisation.
>>53840894
The question is not why was it created in the first place, he asked why its still implemented in todays keyboard.
>Not OP
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROAN FOX JUMPS OVER HTE LAZY DOG
bretty close
>>53843487
>no ñ
>>53846762
It pauses and breaks your computer, obviously
>>53852089
>no é
>>53843553
THEUIKROWGFOJUPSOERTHELAYOG
>>53852089
>doesn't have alt graphic
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>>53843553
THKBNFJSTHLAYDG
wow that's some shit
>>53845219
ctrl+arrows are all of your home, end, pgup, pgdw if you use the chromebook keymap
>>53843381
If anyone tried to take away my right shift, I would burn the world down.
>>53840850
I don't know what your talking about op.
>>53844488
Should be doable in auto hot key
>>53841017
>not just setting up a rule for this in mp3tag
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
>>53843553
H CK BN FX JMS V H LAZ DG
Apple Keyboard (A1243)
>>53851853
For quality of life purposes.
Are you going to remove caps from bottled water because no one uses them?
End of story, who cares otherwise?
>>53844280
>anon's revised keyboard for 4chan pros
>f1, f2, f4, f5, f6, f7 etc.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZTY DOG
>>53854172
>>53852748
What about the normal function of Ctrl+Arrow?
>>53844737
I use ^q to close things.
>>53840945
Why does everyone forget the SysRq key when it comes to useless keys?
>>53844280
I use F3 all the time, as others have said it is the default search key in most applications but it also usually functions as a search again downwards command with shift+F3 as a search again upwards.
>>53843553
HE QUIC BROWN O UMP OVER HE Z OG
shitty generic dell keyboard
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
rk9000b
>>53844334
what kind of autist would want one of these ridiculous keyboards?
the only reason to have one is for >muh minimalism when posting on /bst/
>>53843912
These days you can basically alt-tab from Chrome OS over to full GNU/Linux environments.
>>53844218
RSI. It's much better form to use CTRL knuckle pressing.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
Memechanical Ducky keyboard.
>>53852832
>John Pang
That's a cool layout though
>>53843553
ANYTHING I WANT MECHANICOOL MASTER RACE THIS IS WEIRD TO TYPE ACTUALLY
>>53843553
HE QUIK BRON FO JUMPS OER HE LZ DOG
>>53852832
ohhh
Japanese layout has to be the worst thing ive ever used though. I usually just set it to romaji input converter and ignore them
>>53859352
Most Japanese also just input with romaji and convert through IME.
The 106/109 key layout is cancer though. I got one.
>>53859441
I havee heard that before, whats wrong with 106/109?
Switch it for additional return key.
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>>53843553
H UCK BON FOX JUMPS OV H LAZY DOG
>>53844789
You can get replacement keys from [godknowswhere]
and you really wouldn't want a wreless version of the full sized keyboard, way too wide.
>>53853907
Wow that was the dumbest fucking analogy I've ever read in my life
>>53843553
TH$E UAI KBORQN BX JUMPS OFVER TAE kassy dsDOG
TYPING on a chicle eyboard et long nails sucks
>>53859772
idk why I'm laughing so hard
>>53840850
>I mean in what scenario did computer scientists find they were holding...
Hear hear, computers (and keyboards in particular) are made by computer scientists for computer scientists. Anyone else need not apply.
>>53851853
People hate change and manufacturers don't want people to hate their products, so they avoid change even if it would be collectively beneficial. Look up Laws of Sane Personal Computing to discover other basic things we could, but don't, have because of this.
What's the best way to remap capslock on X?
>>53858809
Because it's not useless
>>53860372setxkbmap -option caps:escape
>>53859470
>whats wrong with 106/109?
The vast number of your symbols are on different keys than you're used to with 101/2.
>>53860372sudo -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
EndSection
ctrl:nocaps makes capslock into ctrl key, ctrl:swapcaps will swap capslock and left ctrl
>>53860450
I'll use that like >>53860463 cheers
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG CM STORM BITCH
so what the fuck is scroll lock even for?
nobody even bothered mentioning it in this thread
>>53843553
THKB>ONF>OJS>OTHLAYD>OG
wot
>>53843553
YES YOU CUNT I CAN
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
APPLE KEYBOARD MOTHERFUCKER
>>53843553
Sure, mate.
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
6gv2 here.
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
macbook masterrace
>>53840850
Agreed OP. What a useless button.
i use cap lock more than any of the 12 F keys.
>>53840850
I don't mind capslock. I think it's a moderately useful button that should certainly exist on a full size keyboard. However, for historical reasons (The capslock key on old typewriters is simply a mechanical lock of the shift key) it lies in one of the more attractive positions on the keyboard, whereas it isn't used nearly as much as, say, punctuation keys or backspace. The question we should be asking is why capslock hasn't been moved to the other rarely used IBM standard keys, such as scroll lock, numlock, end, sysrq, pause etc.
Then again, chromebooks have already replaced it with a search key. I would wager that this will become something of a standard in the future.
>tfw 80wpm
>tfw use caps lock to capitalize and then press again instead of just holding shift like a normal person
it hurts to live
>>53843553
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
>>53844334
>arrows not in WASD
>>53848112
>forcing the mouse to be even further to the right?
>not having the mouse in front of the keyboard.
>having such tiny arms that the tradeoff from a slightly more distant mouse is greater than the cost involved in typing multiple numbers using the number keys instead of the numpad.
for any quantity of numbers above that encountered in standard english (but not necessarily accountant tier) i use the numpad
Have you ever done data entry you fuck?
