Meh and Hyper for Normal Keyboards (2023)
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I like excluding the shift key:
- ctrl-option-cmd is simple to press even without special key mappings
- simple to add shift (esp. with a CapsLock mapped to ctrl-option-cmd)
I also mapped tab to an "Ultra" key: shift-hyper (shift-ctrl-option-cmd)
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several other references map "meh" to shift-ctrl-option, and "hyper" to shift-ctrl-option-cmd. I find those less logical/ergonomic and prefer matching Raycast's convention.