The modifier and navigation column is important. So are using Thumb-Index-Middle.
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Tag: Emacs
Emacs Keyboard Design 23: Standard Scancode Emacs on Every Desk
Use standard scancodes and nothing more.
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Emacs Keyboard Design 19: Emacs on Every Desk
An emotional flood of pragmatism and market demand is forcing me to struggle to keep my head above water on this one which answers a simpler question:
- How to get Emacs and an Emacs suitable keyboard into the hands of every computer user everywhere?
- High quality, low cost, flexible, and familiar.
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Every Emacser Can Use Hyper on Every USB HID Keyboard
Every Emacser wishes that they could use Hyper.
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Emacs Keyboard Design Strategy
Keyboard design is a delicate balance between the subtlety of poetry and the simplicity of a sledgehammer.
Here is how I scoped down millions of permutations into something more manageable that may result in an actual keyboard within the next year.
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Prototype Your Keyboard Layout First: X-keys XKE-128
Ortho-Linear keyboards are great. Before laying down the cash it would be nice to see how it feels. All of the different layouts look interesting too. It would be nice to easily try them out with a new layer or something. It seems like there might be a nice option.
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clojure.core/typing – Matt Adereth
- Nice presentation on one hacker’s obsession/pursuit
- Making keyboards with Clojure sounds fun!
- Reveals the obsession+expressivity of utilizing a keyboard as a craftsman
- Any machine that required text input resulted in someone designing a keyboard
- Other observations will go in scoping notes