I tried to remap my insert key to ctrl + shift + v in the bash shell. This started a long and ultimately failing journey into the world of key bindings. I honestly thought it would not be difficult to remap one value but I was sorely mistaken.
The problem stems from the mechanical keyboard I recently bought. It is a 75% layout keyboard so some of the navigation keys are mapped to the shift value or fn value of another primary key. In my case the Delete key is the primary and the Insert key is mapped as the secondary value. When I use the shell the Insert key does not register although it registers outside of the program. My thought was that this mapping was unfamiliar to the software so I need to try and add it in. This started a long journey with more than 20 tabs open only to ultimately fail in my search for a solution.
You see, from what I found online, we can remap key bindings but this is not a simple process. I could be wrong but it seems like someone who is comfortable remapping keys in any program / operating system has a clear knowledge about how operating systems work. I am not that person so I understand why I am struggling. A lot of the references in the tutorials or explanation went over my head. This was why I called it quits after 2 hours and just accepted that for now I have to right click and paste.
It sucks to spend that time and not get what I wanted but on the plus side, this experience highlighted how much more I have left to learn in computers and how this all works.
TLDR;
Okay, so here are the highlights of what I did:
- Key bindings -> Tried to remap a key on my keyboard for a specific program but failed miserably. Now have to awkwardly return to my project work LOL.
Goal For Round 8 of the #100DaysofCode Challenge
This is my eighth round of the “#100daysofcode” challenge. I will be continuing my work from round five, six, and seven into round eight. I was working through the book “Cracking the Coding Interview” by Gayle Laakmann McDowell. My goal was to become more familiar with algorithms and data structures. This goal was derived from my goal to better understand operating systems and key programs that I use in the terminal regularly e.g. Git. This goal was in turn derived from my desire to better understand the fundamental tools used for coding outside of popular GUIs. This in turn was derived from my desire to be a better back-end developer.
I am currently putting a pause on the algorithm work to build some backend/full stack projects. I primarily want to improve my skills with the back-end from an implementation perspective. I have improved tremendously in terminal and CLI skills but I lost focus due to how abstract the algorithm concepts got. I wanted to work on things that were more tangible until I can get to a position where I could directly benefit from improving my algorithm skills and theoretical knowledge. So that’s the focus right now. Build my backend skills and prove my full stack capabilities by building some dope projects.
Again, I still have no idea if my path is correct but I am walking down this road anyways. Worst case scenario I learn a whole bunch of stuff that will help me out on my own personal projects. Best case scenario I actually become one of those unicorn developers that go on to start a billion dollar company… You never know LOL.