how tp map a usb numpad to trigger apps

the layout I settled on

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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 😓

Tiles Window Manger + karabiner app launching

 Tiles Is nice and simple//

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amethyst was kind of overkill.

playing arounmd with linux mint

gave me a taste of a simpler but 

nice way of going about window managers.

ITS JUST LIKE THE ONE IN LINUX MINT !!! YES

The Home Page For Tiles

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KARABINER ::

Getting ctrl+ alt + T to open the terminal//

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why isn't this also the default on mac?

Im sick of cmd space-ing and typing term

then hitting enter. finally figured out 

how to use karabiner to do it.

    - under complex mods

    - add rule

    - import rule from the internet.

another thing:: 

on my dell windows keyboard remapped

- pause = sleep

- scroll lock = f14

- print screen f13

why f13 & f14? because then you can use the shortcuts app to trigger them. in shortcut details click add keyboard shortcut. get the shortcut to open the app of your choosing.

* trick to get this working properly: go to system preferences > keyboard

> shortcuts. after that it should work properly. (was banging my head against the wall before wondering why it wouldn't work still not entirely sure but i think it might be so weird security thing? but thats weird because if it was usually you have to go into privacy settings, type your pass and check some box)