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KeyRemap4MacBook shifts to parentheses tune
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>Shifts to Parentheses</name>
<appendix>Shifts, when pressed alone, type parentheses. When used with other keys they're normal shifts.</appendix>
<identifier>private.shifts_to_parens</identifier>
<!-- This is the basic mapping. -->
<autogen>--KeyOverlaidModifier-- KeyCode::SHIFT_R, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_R | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::SHIFT_R, KeyCode::KEY_0, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyOverlaidModifier-- KeyCode::SHIFT_L, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::KEY_9, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_R</autogen>
<!--
Remap the "rolls" of () and )( because it's too easy to hit one
before finishing the other, and there's no other reason to be
pressing both shift keys at once anyway
-->
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SHIFT_L, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_R, KeyCode::KEY_0, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::KEY_9, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SHIFT_R, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::KEY_9, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::KEY_0, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
<!--
Remap Rshift+Space to ') ', because when typing an end paren and
then a space I tend to hit space before I let go of rshift.
-->
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::SPACE, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_R, KeyCode::KEY_0, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::SPACE</autogen>
</item>
</root>
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