Comments on: Customize your keyboard shortcut with AutoHotKey http://alexle.net/archives/233 Personal View Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Gusto http://alexle.net/archives/233#comment-261886 Gusto Thu, 07 May 2009 02:58:56 +0000 http://alexle.net/archives/233#comment-261886 I've been struggling with similar problems regarding the keyboard layout and specifically the "home" and "end" keys. I too had Lenovo or actually it was IBM which was equipped with separate section for insert/delete/home/end/page up/page down keys, as in the standard desktop keyboards. Now, after using a while my new HP tx2000 laptop, I've begun to appreciate IBM's approach. This one has all previously mentioned 6 keys in the top right corner, all next to each other in a continuous row with F1-F12 keys. http://laptoplogic.com/data/reviews/images/211/tx2000_keyboard.jpg Delete button is easy to find because it's the button in top right corner but hitting "home" and "end" buttons can be a hustle sometimes, not to mention the distance your hand need to travel each time you need one of those keys. I've been daydreaming of getting fn+ left, right, up and down arrow keys to function as home, end, page up, page down, respectively. Your post seems to have a solution my problem, even though the user interface of AutoHotKey seems a bit too "challenging" for my taste. Btw, do you have any experience whether one can use AutoHotKey to map Fn + key combinations? I’ve been struggling with similar problems regarding the keyboard layout and specifically the “home” and “end” keys. I too had Lenovo or actually it was IBM which was equipped with separate section for insert/delete/home/end/page up/page down keys, as in the standard desktop keyboards. Now, after using a while my new HP tx2000 laptop, I’ve begun to appreciate IBM’s approach. This one has all previously mentioned 6 keys in the top right corner, all next to each other in a continuous row with F1-F12 keys. http://laptoplogic.com/data/reviews/images/211/tx2000_keyboard.jpg

Delete button is easy to find because it’s the button in top right corner but hitting “home” and “end” buttons can be a hustle sometimes, not to mention the distance your hand need to travel each time you need one of those keys. I’ve been daydreaming of getting fn+ left, right, up and down arrow keys to function as home, end, page up, page down, respectively. Your post seems to have a solution my problem, even though the user interface of AutoHotKey seems a bit too “challenging” for my taste.

Btw, do you have any experience whether one can use AutoHotKey to map Fn + key combinations?

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