Jtdylktuy

Using a programmable foot pedal could help you out a bit.

Use MSKLC .. I'd remap ' (dagger) to _ and _ to '.

What's wrong with holding shift with your left hand and using your pinky from your right hand? That's what I do -- it's probably the fastest once you get used to touch typing it.

Try using Autohotkey

Include a configuration like:

a::_

in this case, when you type "a", it will put a "_"

remap - key to _ so you don't have to relearn key location but can save time not hitting shift.

1. Turn on capslock.


2. Place something heavy on the shift key.


3. Everything you type will be in lowercase, but if you type a - it will be a _

Alternate Method:

Use an autohotkey script

#IfWinActive ahk_class gtk ; or whatever the title for the window is



;Choose one of the below

-::Send _        ; replace -'s with _'s

+space::Send _   ; replace shift+space with _'s

f3::Send _       ; replace F3 with _'s. You get the idea

Hitting the underscore key isn't much harder than hitting any upper case letter, since it's just a key combined with Shift.

You can always copy it to the clipboard and type Control-V if your fingers have a problem hitting the numeric row consistently.

Practice, practice, practice...

The kids (and I) like this Typing Instructor

-JFV

Copy and paste a bunch of times.

Add a second keyboard. (You can have up to [at least 14] USB keyboards.) You could use the second keyboard directly -- but it merely types the same characters. You could tape down Shift on the second keyboard -- but you still have to find its -/_ key every time; no time saved. With more work, you can remap keys on the extra keyboard. For example: place the second keyboard above the first one and make its spacebar type _, hitting the other spacebar might actually be faster than typing Shift+-/_. (And you have ~94 more keys that you can relabel for other added functions.) Recoding the second keyboard has been done using LuaMacros: https://www.diyphotography.net/create-entire-new-keyboard-shortcodes-hack/

Remap a useless key to _. The most useless keys on the keyboard are insert and caps lock. They are close to the useful keyfield, so you might actually gain speed once you've learned the position of your new _ key.

Backstory: I realized that I never used insert or caps lock. But every so often I would hit one by accident. These keys are toggles, which affect every subsequent keystroke. Whenever I realized that I hit insert, I had to turn it off and then recover the text that I overtyped. Whenever I realized that I hit caps lock, I had to turn it off and then retype the text that I entered in "oppositecase". I found this so unacceptably frustrating (unfuriating) that I pried insert and caps lock off every keyboard that I use. It's much better that way. (I can toggle either one, when rarely needed, by reaching into the hole with the back of a pen.) (If you remap one of these keys, you can remap some other combination to replace it, or use "Onscreen keyboard".)