Commands

kboard includes a VIM-like syntax for adding special macro keys, to perform tasks like cursor movements, copy/pasting and text manipulation.

A command key has the following format:

/<friendly label>!<comma separated commands>

Example:

/Italicise!dw,i(_$0_)

This creates a key titled "Italicise", which does the following: dw deletes the previous word and adds it to the buffer, i inserts the text in the brackets (which would be the deleted word wrapped in underscores.

Most commands can be preceded by a number, indicating how many times it will be run.

Available commands:

• d delete previous character
• dw delete previous word
• 3dw delete previous three words
• dd delete all
• dt(char) deletes (backwards) up to and including the specified character
• ds - deletes either the selected text, or if nothing is selected then deletes everything.
• yy copy all
• y copy selection
• p paste from buffer
• pc paste from clipboard
• sa select all
• i(text) output the content of the brackets ($0 gets replaced * with the last deleted/copied content)
• iraw(text) as i, but does not adhere to settings such as autospace or Passive Aggressive
• upper(text) as i, but in upper case
• lower(text) as i, but lower case
• j move cursor back by a character
• k move cursor forward by a character
• b move cursor back by a word
• w move cursor forward by a word
• s trigger a send command
• e(...) execute the command in the brackets
• rnd output a random kboard key
• rnd(word1;word2;...) output a random word from the comma separated list
• rnde output a random emoji
• fr(from;to) replace all instances of from to to
• fancy(style) outputs buffer text with funky unicode characters (circle, darkcircle,square,darksquare,double,monospace,fancy,fancybold)
• curl(URL) requests data from a URL and outputs it.