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I might have asked you this before (in a prior thread), but do you have the pedals that go with the Kinesis and, if so, how (useful) are they?
by w1ntermute 13y ago
I might have asked you this before (in a prior thread), but do you have the pedals that go with the Kinesis and, if so, how (useful) are they?
- jseliger 13y agoNope. My guess is "reasonably," but I don't see a use case where I'd use them often enough to bother.
- fsck--off 13y agoFoot pedals can eliminate the need for full sized function keys. You can also use foot pedal wiring to add new physical buttons onto the keyboard. http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=26579.0 http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=26579.0
- w1ntermute 13y agoYou mentioned the difficulty of typing {}[] using the Kinesis Advantage. Perhaps Ctrl, Alt, Shift could be moved to the foot pedals, and then the keys for Ctrl, Alt, Shift could be remapped to {}[].
- fsck--off 13y agoIf you're going to use an unusual keyboard remap it's easier just to adopt a completely different layout, e.g. Programmer Dvorak or something like that. You can use software to remap the symbol keys to be unshifted and on the number row. My remap puts the parentheses keys on the number row in the columns above my left and right index fingers. The number row can be rearranged so that the odd numbers are under one hand, and the even numbers are under the other (which makes it much easier to learn to touch type numbers because the layout can be "derived" if you forget it.) You can even set up a dead key to act like Alt-Gr so that you can use both Alts as "Meta" keys in Emacs. A unique remapping might sound like overkill, but if you learn the new layout while adjusting to a Kinesis it doesn't seem strange at all. It also does not really require any technical knowledge.
- jseliger 13y agoThat's a great point—I hadn't thought about it, though in retrospect it's obvious.