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My Keyboard configurations for Mac and Windows. I use a 60% keyboard and it's very convenient to have the same keybindings across both platforms. To achieve this, I use AutoHotkey on Windows and Karabiner Elements on Mac.

• On Windows, copy AutoHotkey.ahk to the folder where AutoHotkey is installed
• On Mac, symlink karabiner.json to ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json

Bindings

Capslock

• CapsLock is made into its own modifier key, and its existing functionality of toggling caps on and off is disabled. It's abbreviated as CL+ below as a modifier prefix.

Arrow keys

• Since my keyboard has no arrow keys, I bind CL+WASD and CL+HJKL to be my arrows. I mostly used the WASD arrow key bindings, but it's convenient to have HJKL as well when I'm highlighting things, since I can use my right hand for the arrows and the left hand for holding CL and shift, control, etc.

Media Controls

• CL+Z and CL+X for volume control, and CL+ERT for media play, previous and forward. I fiddle with media controls constantly.

Windows Specific

• Remap Alt+C to CTRL+C, and the same for XFVZSW. This is so I don't have to get used to hitting different modifier keys for copy, paste, etc.
• Remap Alt+Q and Alt+H to quit and hide app, respectively.

Mac Specific

• Cmd+Esc to Cmd+~ for Mac intra-app window switching
• Remap Fn+Letter to Ctrl+Letter for the internal keyboard, since I'm used to Ctrl being the bottom left key.

Other Convenience Bindings

• Shift+Esc to ~ since the keyboard has no tilde key.
• CL+Space for forward delete, easier than reaching for delete key.
• CL+C to Ctrl+C, since I hit this binding all the time in Vim