[Linux] Using alternative arrow keys.

[Gachr]

Hello, I'm feeling a lot of discomfort with my keyboard recently. I have a mechanical keyboard, so the key distances are pretty large. It really bothers me that I have to move my hand left and right all the time to access arrows, especially when programming.

I thought about using alternative arrow keys, that would solve my problem. I would like to be able to do a key combination to use WSAD as my arrow keys or something like that.

Am I able to do that? If yes, then how?

[ForsakenLive]

AutoHotkey?

[Gachr]

AutoHotkey?

It's just for Windows.

[TakeToTheShadows]

It's just for Windows.

I don't use Linux so I'm not sure but If you just google for it you should be able to find something for Linux surely? Otherwise some keyboards have drivers that let you switch keys around although you'd have to have a hotkey to toggle it because otherwise typing would be a giant pain.

[Syntaxvgm]

http://askubuntu.com/questions/24916/how-do-i-remap-certain-keys-or-devices

 

And I just solve that problem by hitting the arrows with the right side of my palm. 

[Gachr]

I don't use Linux so I'm not sure but If you just google for it you should be able to find something for Linux surely? Otherwise some keyboards have drivers that let you switch keys around although you'd have to have a hotkey to toggle it because otherwise typing with be a giant pain.

The thing is that on Linux there are lots of shortcuts, which is really annoying. I have some built-in settings for that but it's very difficult to manage.

 

Edit:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/24916/how-do-i-remap-certain-keys-or-devices

 

And I just solve that problem by hitting the arrows with the right side of my palm. 

It talks about remapping, I want to have an additional shortcut, which is something different.

[TakeToTheShadows]

The thing is that on Linux there are lots of shortcuts, which is really annoying. I have some built-in settings for that but it's very difficult to manage.

Hmm sorry I really don't have any experience using Linux so I can't help any further but if you ask around enough you should be able to find something. Maybe see if you can find a Linux specific forum or thread?

[bradscoolio]

Try switching to Vim or GVim for your text editor, it has some really unconventional and handy short-cuts. It replaces the arrow keys with j, k, h, l so you don't have to move your hands off of the main part of your keyboard.

Also, if you like the Vim short-cuts you should check out a browser extension called Vimium (chrome) or Vimperator (firefox) that allows you to browse the web without ever using the mouse.

[Gachr]

Try switching to Vim or GVim for your text editor, it has some really unconventional and handy short-cuts. It replaces the arrow keys with j, k, h, l so you don't have to move your hands off of the main part of your keyboard.

Also, if you like the Vim short-cuts you should check out a browser extension called Vimium (chrome) or Vimperator (firefox) that allows you to browse the web without ever using the mouse.

Thanks a lot for help!

Just one small question - what's the complete shortcut for the arrow keys?