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How can I reproduce my somewhat complicated Linux keymappings on Windows 10?
I am stuck on Windows 10 for the time being, and I wish to make it function similarly to the arrangement I have on Linux, using xcape and xmodmap. This is what I need:
- Caps sends Escape on tap and Control on hold
- Tab sends Tab on tap and Alt/Meta on hold
- Escape sends Caps (I rarely use this one).
I find this setup extremely comfortable. Is there a way to achieve this on Windows (that a layman like myself could do?).
AutoHotKey is probably your best choice, unless you're willing to get a keyboard that supports QMK. In addition to tap/hold binds, QMK supports a whole bunch of other neat features, such as layers, auto shift (press key for lowercase, press and hold for uppercase), tap dance, quick macros, unicode input and mouse keys. It even has an option to turn your keyboard into a MIDI device, and if your keyboard has the hardware, it allows configuring rotary encoders, stenography or built-in displays.
If you're on Pro, run a Linux distro on a hypervisor and only drop out when no other option is available. Also WSL us pretty nice for CLI usage.
But as others have said, Autohotkey is likely your best bet. It is fairly powerful, and you can do the basics like you mentioned in an evening.
Or do it in reverse (assuming your hardware supports it): run Windows on a Linux host with pci-e passthrough.
Came here to say Autohotkey. I'm curious: why are you stuck on Windows for now?
I decided to create a YouTube channel and, with all due respect, video editing on Linux sucks balls.
Thanks!
See here I can help: Natron, Kdenlive, Blender are my go-tos
Kdenlive for normal cutting-fixing and editing and quick transitions etc - Natron and Blender for more indepth stuff. All available in most repos if not, on flathub
I’m a film major. I edited professionally for more than 15 years. I’m used to a degree of control, integration, stability, and features that is unparalleled in the FOSS world.
That said, Windows is such a colossal pain in the ass that I may as well make that compromise.
I've only done smaller edits so you are in another league than me here :) OH OH check out Natron, Blender and (I forgot this one) Lightworks - again I don't know the exact needs for you so don't know if they will fit but give them a sporting chance.
It's a classic chicken and egg issue - what gets made is what people want to make. So videoeditors for example are often made for casual editing instead of professional grade editing since that is the understood need. It's when those projects become good enough to rival the proprietary projects that they get money enough to actually keep that position. So Blender, Krita, VLC etc can compete but to get to that point contributors have to have a sporting chance to even know whats needed.
I personally believe that the whole software chain involved in professional video production is so complex, sophisticated, and time sensitive that the FOSS community is essentially unfit to pose a threat to for profit companies unless there’s a radical change in terms of policy, society and/or technological advancements.
Sadly, the programs you mention don’t come even close. Some wouldn’t even be considered video editing programs in a professional setting.
Considering the complexities involved in applications in other areas I would have to disagree. I think its merely a lack of insight or interest in video editing software.
Other areas with similarly complex software (that to be fair was also described as "too complex for FOSS") have already been done, won the awards and got the tshirts.
The issue is that there has to be two things - the cross over between capacity of making the software, and the drive to do it and then the growth that takes it out of the garage and in to pro studios.
Also I just checked, movies like Wolf of Wallstreet used Lightworks - and DaVinci resolve is also available for Linux. These are the movies made with it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaVinci_Resolve#Film
Not saying you don't have the right to pick whatever environment you want... and Kdenlive is for casual users, Blender is a 3D editor first and foremost but perhaps you haven't dug deep enough in the toychest of what is available.
AGAIN THOUGH - I am not a video editor, you know best here and if I say something that is nonsense its because of ignorance and not malice.
Yeah, no dude. None of the programs you mentioned can be considered serious competition. DaVinci is the best of the bunch but runs like shit on Linux and is painful to install.
I believe that’s an incorrect assumption. Intention to compete is not a requirement for competition. Two or more things can become related in a competitive fashion regardless of the intentions of their creators, and such kind of competition is frequently relevant in itself (and therefore useful as the object of an argument).
I never said they were not useful. They’re just not suitable to my needs, and that of most professionals.
ok... fair enough.
I mean but have you tried Da Vinci resolve? Its in my repos.
Yes I have tried Resolve.
Good point - will lay off, sry MrBig
Hey, it’s all good my friend!
The best I could find was this https://beebom.com/how-remap-keyboard-windows-10/
But I am just not smart enough to use Windows so this is just a hip-shot from me.
I think I'd end up having to learn autohotkey.
You could consider getting a keyboard that's compatible with QMK firmware. Then you could set those and it would store them in the keyboard and it would work with any computer or OS.