Is numlock key actually useful?
Is numlock key actually useful?
I see no use for the numlock key, I'd rather just have the numpad on the whole time. Are there actually cases where it is useful or people who for some reason prefer their numpad turned off?
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Yes. On my keyboard there's no separate "end" key, it's part of 3 on the numpad, that key is very useful when using the terminal, because you don't need to wait for 5 years for the cursor to make it to the end of your command.
Ctrl-e in bash is move cursor to end. Ctrl-a is like home.
emacs?!
set -o viunless you just want to see the world burn(I'm kidding, I use the emacs shortcuts in bash, but vim is my goto text editor)
Yeah I'm the same. Emacs shortcuts make a lot of sense for readline programs.
Reassign it to the NumLock key.
Chaotic neutral
I'm too lazy to figure out how to do that
If you have keyboard software, you might be able to use that. I use autohotkey for reassigning keys. The script would be:
SetNumLockState, AlwaysOn NumLock::EndFor windows,
Just put it in a txt file after installing AHK and use .ahk at the end of the file name. There's a way to make it the default script, but I think but I use just task scheduler to make it start on boot/login.