[TxMt] Anybody else who LIKES to use the mouse?

[Tony Crockford]

Thomas Aylott (subtleGradient) wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Tony Crockford wrote:
>>
>> learning the keyboard shortcuts using a IBM keyboard on OS X is a 
>> nightmare, trust me!
>>
> 
> Swap your keys in the Keyboard prefpane.
> Then use parallels and set the preference to swap control and command keys.
> 
> Might take a bit to get used to, but at least it's more consistent.

I hope to one day but right now I'm using a Mac Mini (non-intel) four 
screens and Synergy2 [1] to flit between OSX, WinXP and Kubuntu on a 
single keyboard connected to the PC.

Whilst I can remap the keyboards on each OS, it's only the WinXP keys 
that work. (Synergy passes key code and mouse position references I 
think). hard to explain, but I got into a muddle when I tried to swap 
the winXP keymap and the OSX one with DoubleCommand - right now on OSX 
my command key is an option key and my option key is a command key so 
that the alt key on the keyboard is in the place where the command key 
would be on a Mac (and so when I KVM with a hardware switch the keys 
don't move...)

(Nightmare unresolved!)

I was waiting for Leopard before buying a Mac Pro to run everything on 
with parallels, and now that plan is up for review...

;)


[1] http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
Synergy