How to change key bindings with autokey in Ubuntu on Linux PCs and servers to enable navigation with ctrl+jikl.
Open autokey, select new script, and enter the following:
keyboard.send_keys("<down>")Then, set the “Hotkey” at the bottom to “ctrl+k” etc. Save the script with ctrl+s.
Now, you can set a key binding to move down with ctrl+k.
Create four scripts like this (for up, down, left, right movement) and you’re done.
Troubleshooting
Depending on the situation, you may need to reinstall autokey or start it with sudo autokey.
Also, to quit autokey, use sudo killall autokey.
I really want to use the muhenkan key.
I really wanted to set the hyper or meta key to muhenkan (non-conversion key) and move with muhenkan+jikl, but as a result of testing, it’s currently not possible. I’ll lose ctrl+JKLI, but what can’t be done can’t be done. Looking forward to the future.
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