![]() And no doubt there may be other approaches as well. Now I am wrestling with porting Karabiner or creating a new tool entirely. The Karabiner author writes that xbindkeys and rbindkeys do key remapping but at first glance they do not seem to handle the dual function behaviors. Question: since Karabiner is an OS X only tool with no readily available Gnu/Linux counterpart, it looks like I will have to write and/or modify some code to achieve the capslock and return key dual function behaviors Karabiner enables. Disappointed with recent Apple decisions for both hardware and software, I am now moving back to Gnu/Linux (Ubuntu if it matters) but sticking with Mac laptops. I prevented RSI onset by using the Karabiner tool to make two small but very important changes: 1) changing the capslock key to generate a menu (f13) key when pressed alone and a control key modified keycode when pressed with another key 2) changing the return key in a similar fashion, get return when pressed alone and a control key modified keycode when pressed with another key. More importantly, as a heavy Emacs user, the switch to Mac was painful, with the Apple standard short keyboard both maddening and unavoidable. ![]() Background: for the past five years or so, I have been using Mac hardware (high end MacBook Pro laptops for the most part) and software after many years of using Gnu/Linux on typical PC hardware with ergonomic keyboards.
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