[bengale]

I'm not sure I agree with much of these, which makes sense because this is definitely not 'sensible defaults' it is just someones preferred settings.

I wouldn't copy this unless you know for sure this is how you want your system configured.

[akmarinov]

If you use these as they're written, you'll end up with a Brussels timezone, so yeah - definitely edit them beforehand.

[bengale]

One hour closer to quittin' time!

[linux2647]

Or nine if you live on US west coast ;)

[rPlayer6554]

So if you have an 8hr work day does that mean your time left to work underflows and the company has to do an hour of work for you?

[cush]

Exactly. Whoever wrote this is a minimalist. I want a hot pink animated focus indicator. I feel like I'm a sensible person, but after reading this script... I just don't know anymore.

[throw0101a]

> I wouldn't copy this unless you know for sure this is how you want your system configured.

A before and after picture (video?) for each would be helpful in making a decision in each case.

Also, is there a revert-to-defaults script?

[chrisseaton]

Presumably everyone thinks their own defaults are 'sensible', otherwise they wouldn't be using them.

I think the most sensible defaults are those that come out of the box, rather than spending time tweaking things.

[kube-system]

Speak for yourself, I'm well aware that many of my preferences are esoteric. :)

[bengale]

> Presumably everyone thinks their own defaults are 'sensible', otherwise they wouldn't be using them.

Maybe, although I set my caps lock up to be escape when tapped and control when held, I don't think that would be sensible for many people at all unless the knew why they wanted it.

> I think the most sensible defaults are those that come out of the box, rather than spending time tweaking things.

This is probably true, I find it very difficult to use anyone else's system since my config is non-standard.

[matwood]

> I set my caps lock up to be escape

Which was the only sensible thing to do when Apple dropped the ESC key ;)

I'm so used to caps == ESC now, it takes me a minute to realize what's wrong when I'm on a new system/keyboard.

[myrandomcomment]

Cap locks should be control the way god intended it! :)

You can use the hidutil if you want to script changes yourself:

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450...

Or Karabiner Elements:

https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/blob/master/R...

I have an Filco Japanese keyboard and the default settings on macOS even when the keyboard is set to Japanese (QWERTY JIS) gets the 英数 (alphanumeric) key, and かな (kana) key wrong (and they are supported on the built in laptop keyboard).

[saagarjha]

Word of warning: hidutil keeps the caps lock delay, so you’ll miss short presses. This drove me mad until I figured it out but by then Karabiner had thankfully been updated for the new OS.

[woleium]

you can do both! (on a mac at least) I remap caps lock to escape using keyboard prefpane, then use karabiner to make it ctrl if used with another key.

press it by itself, escape.

press it and a, ctrl-a

perfect!

[chrisseaton]

> I'm so used to caps == ESC now, it takes me a minute to realize what's wrong when I'm on a new system/keyboard.

Isn't this a bad thing?

[Nullabillity]

Compare how much time you spend using your own system vs others'.

[chrisseaton]

If you learn the default, it doesn't matter how much time you spend on any given system. I don't get why people make themselves less portable by becoming dependent on non-defaults.

[matwood]

It's 1 key change, and since I use vim keybindings in almost everything it's much easier on the system I use 99.9% of the time.

[gowld]

Most people never think about the defaults.