*updated 10/31/09: new non-broken download links*
A while ago I ran into the blag post at xkcd about Mirrorboard, where you push caps and it flips the orientation of the board so that the left hand keys are remapped to the right hand keys. Why, you might say? So that one might fully operate the keyboard and mouse at the same time! A stunning idea, only the file was for Linux/Unix. Thanks to the mysteriosity of the internets, I found the Windows Keyboard Layout Creator and whipped together a version for people like me too lazy for Dvorak and Linux to use.
How it works:
The catch is, the layout changes in this version when you press AltGr / Alt + Ctrl, which is either awkward or on the right hand of the keyboard. So, this version is really only works best when you do a second remap of the Caps key to Alt Gr, which is kind of redundant, but an easy work-around on a programmable keyboard.
However, option 2 is that Ctrl alone changes the layout, which is easy to reach but messes up keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl-c and such. I would reccommend this option being used only when it’s needed. It’s easy to change the keyboard layout in Windows if you have more than one installed, usually just hitting Ctrl-Shift will change the layout back to the usual.
For a more seamless and comprehensive key layout modifier, I suggest Auto Hot Key.
Suggestions, problems and rants to: Ampaire1@gmail.com
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