keyhelper is awesome! I especially love the ability to switch between running apps (it\'s been on my wish list for a long time).
The common set-up for this that is floating around the net uses Shift+Home to switch apps, Shift+Menu to switch apps using the app list, and Home+HotKey to launch apps (via keyhelper.conf).
I didn\'t like this use of the Home and Menu keys. The problem is that keyhelper doesn\'t suppress the normal functionality of these keys when using them for task switching/launching and that made the operation a bit messy.
So I experimented with an alternate keyboard layout for these functions and came up with something I like quite a lot.
First off, this is for clamshell Z\'s only (I\'m using a C860).
As most of you know, there are two Japanese keys on the left side of the keyboard, just to the right of the FN key. I\'ve dubbed these keys Jap#1 (leftmost) and Jap#2 (rightmost).
Most folks who are using keyhelper have probably already mapped Jap#1 as a control key. This is also a common keyhelper config that\'s floating around. I\'ve done this too and wouldn\'t change it (I also made it sticky--sticky Shift, Ctrl, and FN rule).
My new keyboard layout relies only on Jap#2. The new keys are:
1) Jap#2+Ctrl = switch/cycle through apps
2) Jap#2+Shift = switch apps with menu
3) Jap#2+HotKey = launch app(1) is pretty easy once you get the hang of it (assuming you have Jap#1 mapped as ctrl). Using one finger, you press Jap#1 and roll your finger onto Jap#2.
Here\'s the relevant XML for these settings:
enjoy...
~ray
