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Custom physical keyboard that launches apps
Is it possible to make a custom keyboard (or use one already made) and assign to each key an application to be launched when the key is pressed?
Something that works like a physical dock (for Mac ...
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What is the max number of function keys for a keyboard?
Quick backstory:
I am looking at building a custom mechanical keyboard (custom case and firmware) I was looking around and found a site that gave me keycodes for javascript and it shows there are 32 ...
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Increase key repeat speed on Linux and MacOS
I am writing a library so trying to support multiple OS.
I am looking to increase the key repeat speed of the return key and down/up arrows. The speed looks pretty limited, maybe repeats about 8 times ...
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Any Way to Pass Media Keys Through VirtualBox
I have Linux inside a Virtual Box on a Mac. Whenever I press the "Play/Pause" media key, even if I'm inside the Linux VM, the Mac iTunes app opens. This makes it impossible to use media keys inside ...
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Share MacBook keyboard with CentOS Desktop
I've looked online and there's a solution called ShareMouse, which is the Mac equivalent of Microsoft's Mouse without borders. So far as I can tell there's isn't a Linux compatible way to do this.
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Power user switching between Windows, Linux, and OSX - Need easier way to map Keyboard
Alright, I know this question has similar questions. I went ahead and copied some below. I am not interested in why I should learn Mac instead of Windows nor how to remap keys (It doesn't work very ...
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Behaviour of Caps-lock in Linux on VirtualBox, OSX Host
I'm running Ubuntu under virtualbox on a MacBook Pro and I'm trying to
remap the Caps-Lock key to mod3 so I can use it as a replacement for the Alt
key in Xmonad. I can remap the keysyms but the ...
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Gnome 3 copy/paste with a Mac keyboard
I want to use a Mac keyboard in Linux with Gnome 3. What I essentially want is to have Cmd/Ctrl keys behave like in Mac: do all copy/cut/paste, window switch and etc. using Cmd key but in Terminal ...
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How do you avoid mouse use entirely? [closed]
Avoiding the use of the mouse entirely is hard today, as most OSes, browsers and software in general are very GUI-oriented. What system, software and general tricks are you using to completely avoid ...
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Sending key via ssh or using mouse to activate Target Display Mode?
Is it possible to send a keystroke via SSH? I want to be able to send ⌘ (CMD)+F2 via ssh from/to Mac OS X. If that's not possible, a mouse solution would also be good.
The reason I need this is ...
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Software to show typed keys on the screen
Just as the capture shows, when you type something using the keyboard, a big label appears at the bottom of the screen showing the keys you typed.
I use Windows & Linux, so I just want to know if ...
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Synergy 1.4.2 Linux server, OSX client, Media/Function key mapping issues
I'm using an Apple bluetooth keybord to control my Linux synergy server. SSH tunneling, Mouse, Keyboard, and Copy&Paste all work.
Linux sees all the media/app keys that are on top of the F# keys ...
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SSH from mac to linux -> start gnome-session -> X11 keyboard mapping all messed up
I have 2 computers: echo.local is running Ubuntu 9.04. justin.local is running Mac OS 10.6.1. X11 version on the mac is 2.3.4.
I open X11 on the mac, and open a new xterm window (Applications Menu ...
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