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[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 119 points 2 months ago

I wheeze-laughed at "Ran out of keys to bind years ago, has to use pedals under desk to switch between layouts."

Now I kinda want to do that.

[-] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 months ago

Here you go. Grab your soldering iron.

https://hackaday.com/2022/12/16/foot-pedal-ups-vim-productivity-brings-ergonomic-benefits/

[-] lost_tortie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In Vim’s predecessor, vi, switching modes was easy, with the ESC key located neatly by the Q on the keyboard of the ADM-3A terminal. On modern keyboards, though, it’s a pain ...

A simple trick in vim to alleviate the pain of reaching for the ESC key is using alt + l.

However, this may or may not work depending on the install. I don't remember what exactly this keybind is for but on some systems I've seen it insert a special character. I've found it typically works with vim-enhanced and neovim.

[-] brotundspiele@feddit.de 14 points 2 months ago

I have switched ESC and Caps Lock for years now. It really makes things so much easier, but now I am the guy in that meme. At least partly: I struggle to find the ESC key on other people's computers, but sadly I'm not 23 anymore.

It's "setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape" btw.

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

Or get a keyboard where the thumbs aren't entirely wasted solely on the space key.

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Or just disable caps and use that

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I think the thing that saves me from doing stuff like this is that as I get older I've begun to hate extraneous cables on and around my desk. For the longest time I've stuck with cabled peripherals, but I think my next buy will be wireless in that department. Now if we could make this foot pedal wireless...

[-] variants@possumpat.io 4 points 2 months ago

I went the opposite way, got sick of all the wireless stuff disconnecting, battery dying, or not working before the os boots so I switched to wired everything, I went as far as running a usb over ethernet extender to my couch area so I can have a wire keeb and mouse while gaming on the tv