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dennis....@3ds.com

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Aug 3, 2014, 7:45:26 AM8/3/14
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I broke my left hand and I need to learn to type with only my right hand. I purchased a half-QWERTY keyboard. Holding down the space bar flips the keyboard to the other hand. I want to program the internal keyboard on my Mac to behave this way. How can I achieve this behavior from the space bar?

Takayama Fumihiko

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Aug 3, 2014, 10:07:15 PM8/3/14
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Karabiner provides FrogPad-compatible layout.
(You can find it by searching "frogpad" on Preferences.)
How about it?

See PDF link of this page for detail of FrogPad.
https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner/pull/100

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On 2014/08/03 20:45, dennis....@3ds.com wrote:
> I broke my left hand and I need to learn to type with only my right hand. I purchased a half-QWERTY keyboard. Holding down the space bar flips the keyboard to the other hand. I want to program the
> internal keyboard on my Mac to behave this way. How can I achieve this behavior from the space bar?
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dennis....@3ds.com

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Aug 5, 2014, 9:40:39 PM8/5/14
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FrogPad is a completely new system to master. The half-QWERTY technique leverages my 40 years of habit. I'm adapting fairly quickly.

 It took a few hours of study and experimentation to arrive at a solution. I'm using HoldingKeyToKey with VK_CONFIG_SYNC_KEYDOWNUP to  get the behavior that I need.

Thank you for your help!


On Sunday, August 3, 2014 10:07:15 PM UTC-4, Fumihiko Takayama wrote:
Karabiner provides FrogPad-compatible layout.
(You can find it by searching "frogpad" on Preferences.)
How about it?

See PDF link of this page for detail of FrogPad.
https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner/pull/100

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Takayama Fumihiko <tek...@pqrs.org>

On 2014/08/03 20:45, dennis....@3ds.com wrote:
> I broke my left hand and I need to learn to type with only my right hand. I purchased a half-QWERTY keyboard. Holding down the space bar flips the keyboard to the other hand. I want to program the
> internal keyboard on my Mac to behave this way. How can I achieve this behavior from the space bar?
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colin...@tackmobile.com

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Oct 13, 2014, 1:19:33 PM10/13/14
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Dennis, can you share your settings?  I'd like to do something similar.


dennis....@3ds.com

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Oct 16, 2014, 12:31:38 AM10/16/14
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Here's my current implementation. Note that I also enable sticky modifier keys.
private.xml

jimmyl...@gmail.com

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May 29, 2017, 8:23:00 PM5/29/17
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Question: how do I implement backspace and delete? Can somebody teach me how to change the backspace and delete let's say to 
spacebar-tab and spacebar-tilde?

Thanks,

clark...@gmail.com

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Jun 5, 2017, 12:45:05 PM6/5/17
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Here are the frogpad remaps for karabiner: https://github.com/clarkm/dupepad/blob/master/private.xml
They're also on frogpad.com.

It's similar to the 'grenouille' frogpad-compatible layout already built into karabiner, but I like mine a little better :).

Anyway, I still haven't got this working in karabiner-elements. Has anyone got 'HoldingKeyToKey with VK_CONFIG_SYNC_KEYDOWNUP' working? 
This is essential for a one-handed keyboard.
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