Re: Xcape

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vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote at 18:59 this Monday (GMT):

After my rant about switching converting Ctrl to Caps Lock, I decided to
go back to my larger keyboard, after using after using a small wireless
keyboard for a long time.
 
So I found my poor numbed left pinky finger pressing the back-tick
instead of Esc allatime. Makes vi a little dicey.
 
So I googoo and I find this:
 
    https://github.com/alols/xcape.git
 
I clone it and build it (took about 1 second to build), and it converts
the left Ctrl (including the remapped Caps Lock) into an Esc if released
quickly as defined by a timeout parameter. The C file includes a few X11
header files. Has a nice man page, too.
 
I will have to see if I get used to it. My poor little overworked pinky!

>
Am I the only one around here that uses the heel of my left hand
to hit ctrl?

>
You must have a pretty tall keyboard then. Putting my hand there places
my hand way past the keys.

BTW, here's the command that builds xcape:

    cc -Wall `pkg-config --cflags xtst x11` -o xcape xcape.c
        `pkg-config --libs xtst x11` -pthread

Note the pkg-config calls.

Interestingly, the --cflags version yields no output; the --libs version
outputs "-lXtst -lX11".

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