¶Accessories
¶Hand Protection
As mentioned in my CC1 and CC2 progress article, I had some pain problems on my index fingers and wrists, mainly due to the long-term bad typing habit. To reduce the problem, I bought the half-finger gloves, wrist bands, and finger splint from Copper Compression. They do a good job of reducing my pain. Even now, I sometimes use my CC2 with those gloves, and my hands feel twice as comfortable.
¶Keyboard Tray
The desk I use my computers on doesn’t have a built-in keyboard tray, and the keyboard placed on it is too high for my hands. I found that this might be another cause of my hand problems, so I bought a keyboard tray that can be installed under my desk.
This keyboard tray is the one I bought. However, it can only be shipped to the mainland and outlying islands of Taiwan. You can probably find similar ones that can ship to your country from other companies.
¶Software Applications (on MacOS)
¶Karabiner
Karabiner is the application I use to remap the key on the software side.
With it, I swap the command keys and ctrl keys on my CC2, and remap the right option key to ctrl key on my normal keyboards.
¶Hammerspoon
Hammerspoon is a tool for powerful automation of MacOS. I use it to automatically snap windows to grid and add nome hotkeys.
¶Input Sources
I have four input sources on my Mac computer. They are ABC (English), Zhuyin (Mac built-in), McBopomofo (with my custom Bopomofo layout for CC1, CC2, and M4G), and Japanese.
To quickly switch to a certain input method, I have the following shortcuts. (https://github.com/andy23512/setting-files/blob/7360eae2f7980aa295c99575b98ee1874a448c2b/Shell/init.lua#L224-L263)
| Shortcut | Changes |
|---|---|
cmd+alt+a | Others -> ABC or ABC -> McBopomofo |
cmd+alt+b | Others -> Zhuyin or Zhuyin -> ABC |
cmd+alt+m or cmd+m | Others -> McBopomofo or McBopomofo -> ABC |
cmd+alt+j | Others -> Japanese or Japanese -> ABC |
(I often accidentally triggered cmd+m when I want to use cmd+alt+m, so I turn off the default cmd+m hotkey and let it do the same thing as cmd+alt+m.)
¶Window Arrangement
To easily arrange the window positions or sizes without much mouse dragging, I set several shortcuts and auto grid snapping. (https://github.com/andy23512/setting-files/blob/0d5379447f26dadbe3ac90cbf2415e783ea766c6/Shell/init.lua#L17-L197)
The shortcuts are:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
cmd+alt+[2-8] | Set grid to [2-8] x 2. |
cmd+alt+g | Start the interactive window resize/reposition process. Handy for adjusting multiple windows in one go. |
cmd+alt+s | Snap all windows to grid. |
cmd+alt+[ | Set the focused window to the left half of the screen. |
cmd+alt+] | Set the focused window to the right half of the screen. |
cmd+alt+\, cmd+alt+⬇️ | Set the size of the focused window to half of the screen and center it. |
cmd+alt+r | Resize the focused window into a grid row. |
cmd+alt+; | Set the focused window to the cell at the top-right corner. |
¶Mouse Teleport
To move the mouse cursor faster on a dual-wide screen, I set several shortcuts for teleporting the mouse horizontally. (https://github.com/andy23512/setting-files/blob/0d5379447f26dadbe3ac90cbf2415e783ea766c6/Shell/init.lua#L231-L252)
The mouse cursor will be moved to the corresponding line when alt+shift+[1-5] is triggered.
¶Switch to Application
To switch between applications faster, I set several shortcuts for it. (https://github.com/andy23512/setting-files/blob/0d5379447f26dadbe3ac90cbf2415e783ea766c6/Shell/init.lua#L254-L266)
| Shortcut | Application |
|---|---|
cmd+alt+v | Visual Studio Code - Insider |
cmd+alt+c | Google Chrome |
cmd+alt+i | iTerm |
¶Volume Control
To control the volume faster, I set two shortcuts to increase and decrease volume by 10%. (https://github.com/andy23512/setting-files/blob/0d5379447f26dadbe3ac90cbf2415e783ea766c6/Shell/init.lua#L268-L282)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
cmd+alt+➡️ | Increase Volume by 10% |
cmd+alt+⬅️ | Decrease Volume by 10% |
¶Raycast
Raycast is a collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. I use it to open applications, web pages, VSCode projects, etc.