I can change my computer's volume without having to search for buttons on my keyboard. Playing and pausing media is simpler than ever without having to reach for my keyboard.

These function keys can be customized and used within bash, or any other shell, by binding the key sequences to a command in the shell.

Windows: HotKeyP is a free utility that allows you to create custom keyboard shortcuts to launch any application, perform any Windows system command, open any document or folder, and more.

Reader Ed Blair Greene would like a keyboard shortcut for a Quicken command he uses routinely. He writes: This program has no keyboard shortcut to print checks. To my mind this is a really stupid ...