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title = "Add tap Escapt to HHKB"
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[categories]
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tags = ["hhkb"]
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categories = [ "keyboards" ]
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I configure all apps I can to use *vim* keybindings. Which means I use
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the *Escape* key very often.
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On my custom keyboards I have usually QMK or similar available to remap
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the keys and use a tap on the CapsLock to mean *Escape* and hold to mean
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*Control*. On the macbook pro I used *Karabiner* to program the same
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effect. And even on Windows I found a *AutoHotKey* script. On Linux I
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use an event interceptor between the keyboard and the rest of the OS.
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So either the keyboard does it natively or the useless CapsLock is
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remapped to the much more useful Ctrl/Esc combination.
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# Happy Hacking Keyboard
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This year I got a HHKB for my birthday. I have been wanting one of those
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for a real long time, but choice anxiety and the new models arriving
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last year prevented me from pulling the trigger so my family conspired
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to end my suffering by buying me Hybrid Type-S. Super happy with it.
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Of course it took some time to get used to the different location of the
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backspace, and the practical use of the 2 keys top right. However my
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muscle memory really expects the *Esc* to be under my pinky.
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No problem I thought a quick Google will sort that out. Nope...
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Been looking on and off for about a week before posting something in the
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subreddit. No reply, probably because I forgot to add a nice picture.
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The general consensus is to just buy an Hasu controller and use QMK to
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implement the tap dance. However I do not want to rip out the guts of my
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new keyboard, and ordering one will take some time too.
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# My Solution
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A thought crossed my mind to just try to do the same with the Control as
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I do to the CapsLock in my autohotkey script. So I copy pasted the
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CapsLock remapping to the end of the file and replaced CapsLock with
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Control in the copy. Reloaded the script and everything seemed to work.
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Waited a few days to confirm, and wrote it down before I forget.
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Here is the relevant part:
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``` example
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Control::Send {esc}
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Control & a::Send ^a
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Control & b::Send ^b
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Control & c::Send ^c
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Control & d::Send ^d
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Control & e::Send ^e
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Control & f::Send ^f
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Control & g::Send ^g
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Control & h::Send ^h
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Control & i::Send ^i
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Control & j::Send ^j
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Control & k::Send ^k
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Control & l::Send ^l
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Control & m::Send ^m
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Control & n::Send ^n
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Control & o::Send ^o
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Control & p::Send ^p
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Control & q::Send ^q
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Control & r::Send ^r
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Control & s::Send ^s
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Control & t::Send ^t
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Control & u::Send ^u
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Control & v::Send ^v
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Control & w::Send ^w
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Control & x::Send ^x
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Control & y::Send ^y
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Control & z::Send ^z
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Control & 0::Send ^0
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Control & 1::Send ^1
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Control & 2::Send ^2
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Control & 3::Send ^3
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Control & 4::Send ^4
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Control & 5::Send ^5
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Control & 6::Send ^6
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Control & 7::Send ^7
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Control & 8::Send ^8
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Control & 9::Send ^9
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Control & '::Send ^'
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Control & ,::Send ^,
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Control & .::Send ^.
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Control & /::Send ^/
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Control & -::Send ^-
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Control & =::Send ^=
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Control & [::Send ^[
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Control & ]::Send ^]
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```
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Not elegant, but works fine for me.
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