Let’s just say json is not the most maintainable format for this kind of stuff.Īfter meddling with Karabiner for a few days, it was clearly getting unwieldy to maintain the json file. See the problem with Karabiner is that if you want to start doing the tricks I mention above, you pretty much have to start meddling directly with this file called karabiner.json. How do I do this?īefore you head to the races and start using Karabiner though there’s one caveat: This kind of usage in conjunction with Keyboard Maestro basically unleashes the power of your Mac. Hold "s" + tap g -> google for something on the web Instead of moving my fingers all the way to the bottom right of my keyboard and aiming for the arrow keys what if I could just keep my fingers on my home row and navigate like so: While they don’t come with dedicated arrow keys you can emulate navigation in a pretty slick way (especiallly for us vim users). Where Karabiner will truly shine is when you want to do slightly more complex things: for example, take the case of navigation with 60% keyboards. You can do this pretty easily with Karabiner but it barely scratches the surface of Karabiner’s true power.
So if I tap the Caps Lock key, it instead emulates hitting the Escape key.
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Karabiner intercepts every keystroke and allows you to send alternative signals.įor example, a common mod that a lot of programmers like to do is remap their Caps Lock key -> Escape. The easiest way I’ve found on the Mac to do this is using Karabiner. I liked these mods so much that I wanted to find a way to use these mods with any keyboard I use. I added a bunch of mods for the keyboard using the mechanical keyboard’s included software configurator. Given these constraints, you have to get a little creative with how you use a keyboard.
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