Remember, how Shift key works? Shift is called the second level input modifier key. Just like that, on Linux there are 3-d and 4-th level input chooser keys you can hold down to type special text symbols from your keyboard.| fsymbols.com
Struggling to emulate klfc for VIM Colemak bindings on Darwin (macOS) systems with Hammerspoon and Karabiner Background I have mentioned in the past my customized Colemak dotfiles which I used with a customized keyboard layout. Unfortunately, the .keylayout system of MacOS is far more primitive than the elegant klfc setup 1. For an understanding of what we are trying to get at, the following poorly made video will suffice.| rgoswami.me
A more actionable follow up to my personal recollections relating to my switch to Colemak. Background I have, in the past written about how I made the switch to Colemak. However, until recently, I was still trying to mimic the VIM keybindings from QWERTY. This is a post where I discuss the changes I made to ensure that I never have to stretch my fingers in odd ways again. The main idea is expressed well by vim-colemak.| rgoswami.me
Thoughts on and rationale behind leaving QWERTY and touch typing in general. Followed by this post on refactoring my Dotfiles. Background I just realized that it has been over two years since I switched from QWERTY to Colemak but somehow never managed to write about it. It was a major change in my life, and it took forever to get acclimatized to. I do not think I’ll ever again be in a position to make such a change in my life again, but it was definitely worth it.| Rohit Goswami