Sunday, November 26, 2023

how tp map a usb numpad to trigger apps

keypad layout

the layout I settled on


used karabiner to map f13 to f20 figured out what the blocker was.
I was stuck with f14 f15 not working thought apple just didnt let you use f13-f20, that they were just there to taunt you. I read somewhere that they just dont let you..
I actually believed that oh mann thats ridiculous.
almost gave up.

what I realized was f14, f15 were mapped to brightness
so you simply uncheck that and it works!!

I cmd shift 4'd the icons in shortcuts and layed them out in excalidraw. tried to use pinta and paintbrush but they both suck! they dont let you have more than one layer.
ms paint was soo much better. mypaint on linux was good.
apparently it can work with macapps package manager (homebrews evil twin)but last time i tried to install macapps it took forever and did nothing. I think i terminated the download by closing my laptop (before i knew about tmux detached sessions) I didnt want to wait around with my laptop case open or spend all day waiting for it to finish.

  • karabiner'd the windows "help key" to get an extra shortcut
  • tried remapping eject but it wouldnt let me 😓

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