Title: How to type using only one hand: keyboard mirroring | |
Author: Solène | |
Date: 12 December 2017 | |
Tags: unix | |
Description: | |
Hello | |
Today is a bit special because I'm writing with a mirror keyboard | |
layout. I use only half my keyboard to type all characters. To make | |
things harder, the layout is qwerty while I use azerty usually (I'm | |
used to qwerty but it doesn't help). | |
Here, "caps lock" is a modifier key that must be pressed to obtain | |
characters of the other side. As a mirror, one will find 'p' instead | |
of 'q' or 'h' instead of 'g' while pressing caps lock. | |
It's even possible to type backspace to delete characters or to | |
achieve a newline. All the punctuation isn't available throught this, | |
only '.<|¦>'",'. | |
While I type this I get a bit faster and it become more and more | |
easier. It's definitely worth if you can't use hands two. | |
This a been made possible by Randall Munroe. To enable it just | |
download the file [Here](http://xkcd.com/mirrorboard.xkb) and type | |
xkbcomp mirrorlayout.kbd $DISPLAY | |
backspace is use with tilde and return with space, using the modifier | |
of course. | |
I've spent approximately 15 minutes writing this, but the time spent | |
hasn't been linear, it's much more fluent now ! | |
[Mirrorboard: A one-handed keyboard layout for the lazy by Randall | |
Munroe] | |
(https://blog.xkcd.com/2007/08/14/mirrorboard-a-one-handed-keyboard-lay | |
out-for-the-lazy/) | |