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The keyboardio is the only keyboard I know of that has the palm keys, but I've been interested in buying or making a keyboard that has them. Any writup on your
by alschwalm 9y ago
The keyboardio is the only keyboard I know of that has the palm keys, but I've been interested in buying or making a keyboard that has them. Any writup on your build?
- geoka9 9y agoI use the left control key on a full sized desktop keyboard as my "palm" key (I press it with the heel of my left hand). Being an Emacs user, it made my left pinky so much happier. This doesn't work on laptops because of the low profile keys, so I stack some 3M "dual lock" squares on the control key to raise the profile. They can be removed (except for the one glued to key) when I need to close the laptop.
- trishume 9y agoSimilarly, I use the same bindings I mentioned above on my laptop keyboard, and there I have the right command key bound to control. Since it's right next to the spacebar I can easily hold it down with my thumb while using other keys to move around.
- sedachv 9y agoThe Emacs keyboard chords were worked out on keyboards that had the Control keys nearest the Space bar - the intention was that you would use your thumbs to press the Control and Meta keys. Turns out this is really useful not just for Emacs but for any program that uses Control modifier shortcuts. I have not had any hand pain after doing this key remapping on my systems: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14985932 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14985932
- trishume 9y agoHere's my write up: http://thume.ca/2014/09/08/creating-a-keyboard-1-hardware/ http://thume.ca/2014/09/08/creating-a-keyboard-1-hardware/
- alschwalm 9y agoWow this is really detailed. Thanks!