{"id":24,"date":"2006-12-04T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T07:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martyndavis.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2006-12-11T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T13:55:11","slug":"remapping-a-macs-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martyndavis.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Remapping a Mac’s Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mac<\/p>\n

As I may have mentioned in previous posts, I really like my new Macbook (initial hardware teething troubles aside), but one thing has been bugging me. I’m a programmer by trade, and simply because I’m always on a keyboard, can touch type very well. On a PC keyboard.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Apple keyboard layout has a few quirks. Having the function key in the bottom left, where Ctrl should be is a tad annoying, but I am fairly used to it as I have used IBM ThinkPads quite extensively.<\/p>\n

What I cannot<\/em> get used to, however, is the way that it’s just not a UK-PC style keyboard. Shift-2 should give me quotation marks! The hash key, which I happen to use a lot, for example “#!\/bin\/bash”, doesn’t even exist on the keyboard – one has to use Alt-3 to get it. And backslash should be next to the Z key.<\/p>\n

Given the fact that I touch type and don’t look at the keyboard very often, I figured I could simply remap the offending keys to my preferred layout. It took me a while to figure it out, but now it’s done. You can download my keymap here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve got it, put it in your ~\/Library\/Keyboard Layouts directory, log out and back in again, and it should be available to you in the “International” section of System Preferences, under the “Input menu” section.<\/p>\n

Experiment at your own risk. if you somehow muck up your keyboard (I can’t see how you could, but still…) then don’t blame me.<\/p>\n

Oddly when you’ve got multiple inputs defined, the hotkey to switch between is defined as Cmd-Space, which overrides the existing hotkey (in my case, set to Quicksilver). Just turn off the hotkey for input selection and you’re good to go.<\/p>\n

Ah, I can now get back to typing easily again:<\/p>\n

ls -l | less\r\nfoo@foo.com\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#This is a comment<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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