Make CapsLock Great Again!

• Powerful: Make Capslock a great new modifier key: Hyper(✱).
• Well-Designed: High-Freq key in hot-area. Bring lots of useful functionalities.
• Compatiable: Work well with other modifiers, appliactions, devices.
• Light-Weight: Just a small script, carry it everywhere !
• Design Document

• CapsLock(Mac) via Karabiner-Elements

  • macOS High Sierra (10.13)

  • macOS Sierra (10.12)

  • macOS EI Capitan (10.11)

  • Old XML Version (before OS X 10.11, no longer maintained)

• CapsLock(Windows) via AutoHotKey (no longer maintianed)
  • Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10

1. Download Karabiner-Elements and Install

2. Copy URL to your browser to import configuration script.

# This Repo (open in safari)
karabiner://karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/import?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vonng/Capslock/master/mac/capslock.json

# Karabiner-Elements Offical Script Gallery
karabiner://karabiner/assets/complex_modifications/import?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpqrs.org%2Fosx%2Fkarabiner%2Fcomplex_modifications%2Fjson%2Fcaps_lock_enhancement.json

3. Open Karabiner, Tab "ComplexModification", Button "Add Item", and enable entries you like.
4. Default conf file path is $HOME/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications. Modify it if you like.
5. Enable functions: [App] karabiner-elements -> [Tab] Complex Modification -> Add Item

✱ Hyper actually maps to ⌃⌥⇧⌘ (all right modifiers) , It works well with additional left modifiers. And compatible with most application. Hold CapsLock to enable Hyper funcationality while press it will emit an Escape.

• Hold ✱ Hyper to enable navigators
• Hold additional ⌘ Command for selection . (just like holding ⇧shift in normal)
• Hold additional ⌥ with HJKL for mouse movement
• Hold additional ⇧ with HJKL for switching tab/app
• Hold additional ⌃ with HJKL for desktop management . (just like holding ⌃ctrl with arrow key)

• Emulate mouse with keyboard
• Also can be archived by ⌥ with HJKL

• Common bash utils: EOF, SIGINT, SIGTSTP, VIM/Tmux Prefix

• Maybe you'd like overwrite these with your own favorite apps.

• Use F1,…F12 as standard functional keys, while hold hyper to turn them back.

• If you are using RMBP with Bar, consider changing your bar back to function keys with

  Karabiner -> Function Keys -> Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys

• A more convient shift for most case
• Semicolon; and Quote ' have some special treatment, makes input != and := easier

• Q： Why using ✱ as symbol of hyper key？

  A：Cause asterisk have the ascii code 42, which is the answer to life, the universe, and everything! while itself has meaning 'star'. ✱ (Heavy-Asterisk) is a pretty version of * (Asterisk). Actually I would choose ☯ if Github could render it properly...

• Q：Why Linux support is missing？

  A：because I choose Mac, and use Linux through terminal.

• Q: Why there is some different key bindings between Mac version and Win version?

  A: I don't use windows anymore, Win version is no longer maintained. Welcome if you can fix that.

• Q: Why there's an old Mac version?

  A: Apple is really capricious. macOS Sierra changes it's kernel architecture, so the old version karabiner is incompatible with macOS after 10.12. But now there's a new version of karabiner named karabiner-elements. While karabiner-elements use a new JSON-format conf instead of old XML-format. Please using the new version.

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Author：Vonng (fengruohang@outlook.com)

License：WTFPL

Do What The Fuck you want to Public License

Version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Feng Ruohang (Vonng).
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

Ok, the purpose of this license is simple
and you just

DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.