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by bronzecarnage 1651 days ago
Arch, i3wm. Love having a personalized keyboard-first setup that I can say I've built over time.

A tip for those who may just be starting out: switch your LEFT-ALT and WIN keys. Also make caps lock act like ESC on tap and CTRL on long press. See xmodmap, setxkbmap and xcape for this.
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anotherevan 1651 days ago
Ohh, those are interesting tips. Would also be handy for Awesomewm which is what I use. Gonna have to dig into how to do that.
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bronzecarnage 1651 days ago
If you want the lazy way (the way I have it):

    setxkbmap -option altwin:swap_lalt_lwin,caps:ctrl_modifier
    xcape -e 'Caps_Lock=Escape;Alt_R=Control_L|space'
I know that there are better ways to do this. But I never get around to trying them out.
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