SharpKeys 1.0 - Official Release
Posted by StarfireCT on 11 February 2004 - 12:28 · 8 comments & 621 views
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#1 Posted by gflores on 11 Feb 2004 - 16:14
- Can someone show me a use for this? Because I don't see it...
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#1.1 Posted by el22 on 11 Feb 2004 - 16:45
- Well, if a key of your keyboard doesn't work, you can use this to, lets say, make the right shift act as an enter.
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#1.2 Posted by StarfireCT on 11 Feb 2004 - 16:55
- Also, for keyboards that don't have Windows or Application keys (like those built into the IBM ThinkPad) it's a good way to get extra functionality out of keys that you don't use (like the extra Ctrl or Alt key).
I've also used it to map Caps Lock into an extra Shift key and thought about reversing the F Lock keys on my Microsoft keyboard). -
#1.3 Posted by fracture_x on 11 Feb 2004 - 18:16
- I don't see it either. But hey, there is one reason I would use it and that is to tease some friends here at work. Remap all possible keys and hide the application, then watch their faces when they try to type.
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#1.5 Posted by Jstphish on 11 Feb 2004 - 22:30
QUOTE (#1.2) ... and thought about reversing the F Lock keys on my Microsoft keyboard.
I have a registry file (.reg) that does that (the undo also). If you want it just PM me.-
#1.6 Posted by Soleen on 12 Feb 2004 - 01:53
- faracture_x good one
bu actually it is useful for laptop users
on my laptop i did not have F11 and F12 as separate buttons, but i had num lock and scrall lock as separate buttons so i remapped those,
also i had two | buttons, so i remapped one of them to be back space, since, my backspace in not in a good place,
also i did not have right CTRL, so i remapped the right WINDOWS button to be right CTRL, so i guess this program is very very handy in some cases
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#2 Posted by RaGe- on 11 Feb 2004 - 17:30
- Not to bad, pretty similar to remapping buttons on a gamepad. I had changed my caps-lock key to the same place my scrolllock key is, and replaced the caps-lock key with shift. I thought this would be a great idea, until I realised that I actually use caps-lock from time to time.
Eventually, I had to switch back to a default layout. I guess years of typing on a standard layout have made it so I can't use anything else without some practice.
SharpKeys 1.0 offers:
- Map up to 104 different keys to other key or disable them altogether
- Use your keyboard to select keys to map or select from an exhaustive list of supported keys
- No drivers are every loaded as it's a part of Windows
- Includes options for extended keys including Windows, Application, Internet keys and more
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