HHKB

Happy Hacking Keyboard! Control Mouse with your Keyboard.

Hints:

• By now, this project works on X11 only.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/zetatez/hhkb.git

cd hhkb
sudo make clean install

Configuration

See hhkbrc. You can put it to /etc/hhkbrc, ~/.hhkbrc or ~/.config/hhkb/hhkbrc anywhere you want.

Usage

Enter the following command to start hhkb in daemon mode.

hhkb

• Use Alt|Control+n to enter norm mode:
  • use h/j/k/l to move around
  • use U/M/L to move around same as vim norm U/M/L do
  • use b to go to the beginning of the current line
  • use e to go to the end of the current line
  • use c to go to the center of the window
  • use C to go to the center of the current line
  • use v to start select, press v or Escape to release
  • use V to start select lines, press v or Escape to release, works on terminal only
  • use a/s/d/f to go to the upleft/bottomleft/bottomright/upright of the window
  • press Escape to quit the norm mode

• Use Alt|Control+h to enter hint mode:
  • enter the (1st, 2nd) coordinates to go anywhere you want
  • press the Backspace key to roll back to the full hint when you have pressed the 1st char
  • press Escape to quit hint mode and escape to the norm mode

• Use Alt|Control+c to enter cover mode:
  • use h/j/k/l to select half of the current window
  • press Escape to quit cover mode, and escape to the norm mode, the cursor will show on the center of the last window

• Use Alt|Control+r to restart hhkb: when you have changed the configuration after the hhkb is already started

• Use Alt|Control+q to quit hhkb