Putting tilde (~) into correct place for Macbook keyboard

README.md

Usage

Enable

bash -c "$(gh gist view 582cf302b3dcdada989c7bdf52eca3e1 -f enable-tilde-switch.sh)"

Install

bash -c "$(gh gist view 582cf302b3dcdada989c7bdf52eca3e1 -f install-tilde-switch.sh)"

Disable

bash -c "$(gh gist view 582cf302b3dcdada989c7bdf52eca3e1 -f disable-tilde-switch.sh)"

Uninstall

bash -c "$(gh gist view 582cf302b3dcdada989c7bdf52eca3e1 -f uninstall-tilde-switch.sh)"

disable-tilde-switch.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035},{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000064}]}'

enable-tilde-switch.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000064},{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035}]}'

install-tilde-switch.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo cat << 'EOF' > ~/.tilde-switch && chmod +x ~/.tilde-switch
hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000064},{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035}]}'
EOF

sudo /usr/bin/env bash -c "cat > /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.custom.tilde-switch.plist" << EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.custom.tilde-switch</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>${HOME}/.tilde-switch</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
  </dict>
</plist>
EOF

sudo launchctl load -w -- /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.custom.tilde-switch.plist

uninstall-tilde-switch.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo launchctl unload -w -- /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.custom.tilde-switch.plist
sudo rm -f -- /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.custom.tilde-switch.plist ~/.tilde-switch