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the #shortcut key for the stupid #Office365 fucked me up so much that I had to switch it off urgently.
Of course, on a system as sophisticated as Windows, this can only be done by editing the #registry entry. So open cmd and execute the following:
REG ADD HKCU\Software\Classes\ms-officeapp\Shell\Open\Command /t REG_SZ /d rundll32

📰 | Keine #Verdrängung, keine #Abspaltung – und die Lehren aus dem Fall Josephine R.

Josephine R.s Geschichte klingt wie das Script eines Horrorfilms. Sie packt viele, die sie hören, bei ihren #Emotionen. Umso wichtiger ist es, trotzdem sachlich zu bleiben. @spiegel -Redakteur Christopher Piltz, der sich mit dem Fall lange befasst hat, war bei #Shortcut zu Gast und spricht von den Lehren, die wir alle aus ihm ziehen sollten. Mehr dazu von Bernd im #SkeptixBlog!

skeptix.org/2025/06/12/keine-v

Skeptix · Keine Verdrängung, keine Abspaltung – und die Lehren aus dem Fall Josephine R. - SkeptixNicht blind glauben – diese Lehre zieht der Spiegel-Journalist Christopher Piltz aus dem Fall Josephine R.

"Krankheit ME/CFS: Wer hilft den Betroffenen?" – Videobeitrag von @DerSpiegel auf YouTube (Dauer ca. 20 min.).

SPIEGEL-Redakteurin Nina Weber und Publizistin Marina Weisband erklären u.a. die Erkrankung, wie es sich anfühlt betroffen zu sein, welche Hilfe es braucht und worauf gehofft werden kann.

Hier den neuen Videopodcast zum Thema ME/CFS ansehen bzw. anhören: youtu.be/b7XJBEPZLyc?si=QauR0d

#MECFS #PEM #Shortcut #YouTube #Spiegel #fatigatio @afelia

Hello,

(feel free to reply here or on https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/streamlined-unified-user-experience-with-keyboard-shortcuts.97909/ )

As a long-time Mac user I have strong habits with a bunch of keyboard shortcuts. My new FreeBSD system is quite powerful and the XFCE desktop I’ve setup has started growing on me, even though macOS is my daily driver.

I’m using a Keychron Q11, BÉPO layout (https://www.patpro.net/cafesale/bepo2025.jpg) with some custom key bindings programmed in the keyboard firmware (VIA):
- the "print" key is mapped to a macOS "screen shot region" shortcut (super-shift-4)
- left knob is mapped to macOS combos to zoom out / zoom in / reset zoom
- right knob is mapped to generic (?) combos to Vol up / Vol down / Mute

I’m also relying on a second keyboard layer: pressing left or right "Fn" key activate the second layer that gives me access to a pseudo-numpad and media keys (https://www.patpro.net/cafesale/2layer2025.jpg).

XFCE customisation is still a work in progress but I’ve managed to setup some keyboard shortcuts like using the print key (super-shift-4) to trigger xfce-screenshooter -r. Works great.

Unfortunately I’m unable to create keyboard shortcuts that use the second layer: pressing "Fn" + "F8" should be recognised as Play/Stop, "Fn" + "F9" as Next, etc. but it looks like it’s not detected at all. I’ve used xev without success so far. It’s like the second layer is not here.
So my questions are:
- if I can make those media keys work (with your help), will they work in all apps (fooyin, firefox, VLC…) or will I face a YMMV situation depending on developers’ choices?
- how can I dig deeper to analyse and solve that problem?

Thank you!

#FreeBSD #XFCE4 #keyboard #shortcut

The FreeBSD ForumsXfce - streamlined/unified user experience with keyboard shortcutsHello, As a long-time Mac user I have strong habits with a bunch of keyboard shortcuts. My new FreeBSD system is quite powerful and the XFCE desktop I’ve setup has started growing on me, even though macOS is my daily driver. I’m using a Keychron Q11, BÉPO layout...

I just found a method to avoid having to be pestered by the banner when a #shortcut is running from control center or Home Screen. It involves using the url scheme to run the shortcut you want and then opening the app you were in when initiating it (or you could have it return to Home Screen). This causes the shortcut to run from inside the #shortcuts app instead of showing the banner.

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Just need to say that publishing this is done entirely from my iPhone using a #Shortcut to add the image to my repository via @WorkingCopy and writing the post in @drafts. Adding the post to the repository is easily possible by a custom action that uses file bookmarks to access the repository files within Working Copy. In the end I‘m doing the commit and push in Working Copy. I will add another shortcut to the mix that commits and pushes the files after the drafts action 😍

So great to use!

#TechTuesday
ICYMI did you know that you can use your #mouse #ScrollWheel to #scroll horizontally? All you have to do is hold down the shift-key at the same time. I saw (and boosted) a post about this recently, and it's life-changing - so much easier than trying to grab the thin and almost invisible scroll-bar! (thanks Microsoft for making everything harder to use due to your never-ending commitment to giving us changes we didn't want)