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my new keyboard layout has “caps word” functionality (think caps lock but just for a single word) and my god traditional keyboard manufacturers need to get with the times

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  • projectmoon@social.agnos.isP projectmoon@social.agnos.is

    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io what would one do with such a function? So One Can Type Like This?

    Edit: I see. Now that I read it, it makes a lot of sense and I think I need to go turn this...

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    @projectmoon no, it capitalizes the whole word. great for typing abbreviations, writing SQL, etc

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    • beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.comB beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com

      @molly0xfff —molly i’m retroactively upset at every keyboard i’ve ever used

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      #15

      @beep same!!

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      • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

        @projectmoon no, it capitalizes the whole word. great for typing abbreviations, writing SQL, etc

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        @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io Yes, I just read the documentaton on QMK website. I think I will need to go enable that...

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        • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

          my new keyboard layout has “caps word” functionality (think caps lock but just for a single word) and my god traditional keyboard manufacturers need to get with the times

          where has this been all my life

          #keyboards

          clarfonthey@toot.catC This user is from outside of this forum
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          @molly0xfff will never find a use for caps lock that's as good as a backspace key tbh

          the regular backspace is too far away

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          • clarfonthey@toot.catC clarfonthey@toot.cat

            @molly0xfff will never find a use for caps lock that's as good as a backspace key tbh

            the regular backspace is too far away

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            @clarfonthey ten years ago i switched to keyboards that put backspace at the thumb and i’ve never looked back. capslock i’ve usually mapped to escape, although that’s the standard config for my new keyboard

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            • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

              @clarfonthey ten years ago i switched to keyboards that put backspace at the thumb and i’ve never looked back. capslock i’ve usually mapped to escape, although that’s the standard config for my new keyboard

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              @molly0xfff that's fair; the calculus is totally different if you allow moving keys wherever

              pinky backspace is a decent compromise tbh

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              • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                @beep same!!

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                @molly0xfff @beep

                CAPS WORD
                CAPS WORD
                CAPS WORD

                you cannot believe the contortion required to do that 2-handed with just my finger tips and pinky solidly planted on the SHIFT key the whole time. It's like Guitar Hero but for typing.

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                • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                  @beep same!!

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                  @molly0xfff @beep In 1994, I was in a high school keyboarding class (we were using PCs), and the guy next to me was unaware of the shift key, so he would press caps lock, type a capital letter, and press caps lock again to resume lowercase typing. That’s how he thought you got capital letters. I showed him what the shift key does, and he didn’t like it because he’d have to press both keys at the same time. Dude needed a “caps letter” key!

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                  • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                    my new keyboard layout has “caps word” functionality (think caps lock but just for a single word) and my god traditional keyboard manufacturers need to get with the times

                    where has this been all my life

                    #keyboards

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                    @molly0xfff the future is now.

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                    • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                      my new keyboard layout has “caps word” functionality (think caps lock but just for a single word) and my god traditional keyboard manufacturers need to get with the times

                      where has this been all my life

                      #keyboards

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                      @molly0xfff I set this up on my Iris a few years ago and it’s literally the best thing I did since moving to an ortho/ergo layout

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                      • molly0xfff@hachyderm.ioM molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

                        my new keyboard layout has “caps word” functionality (think caps lock but just for a single word) and my god traditional keyboard manufacturers need to get with the times

                        where has this been all my life

                        #keyboards

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                        @molly0xfff I will not be able to unthink this idea, it's as simple as it has been necessary for the last 50 years or so

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                        • ramsey@phpc.socialR ramsey@phpc.social

                          @molly0xfff @beep In 1994, I was in a high school keyboarding class (we were using PCs), and the guy next to me was unaware of the shift key, so he would press caps lock, type a capital letter, and press caps lock again to resume lowercase typing. That’s how he thought you got capital letters. I showed him what the shift key does, and he didn’t like it because he’d have to press both keys at the same time. Dude needed a “caps letter” key!

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                          @ramsey @molly0xfff @beep

                          Funny that our phones now use a virtual shift key that locks only until the next key is pressed.

                          Your classmate may have anticipated this development... or caused it.

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