Re: Need reality check
- From: David Brown <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:29:57 +0100
David Whetstone wrote:
On 2007-02-25 18:21:42 -0800, Jonathan Kirwan <jkirwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:12:56 -0800, David Whetstone
<anon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
As the title indicates, I need a reality check. You see, I'd really
like to build my own keyboard. I've used many different kinds of
keyboards over the years, and none has thus far been the perfect
keyboard, so I'm starting to think, if I want it done right I'll have
to do it myself.
<snip>
What problems with existing keyboards, exactly, are you trying to
solve?
Jon
Ah, that could take a while to explain. Let's just say I've tried just about every type of keyboard you can think of save for the more esoteric ones such as the DataHand or various chording keyboards. The crux of the problem for me is that I don't want to have to reach my fingers far from the home row, so the keyboard should have less reaches and more modifier keys.
Perhaps what you want is to modify your keyboard layout rather than make a new keyboard. With linux it's a simple matter to make a new keyboard layout - most distros already have a range of keyboard layout files, and it would be a simple matter to take an existing one and modify it. I don't know about Windows keyboard layouts, but I'm sure you could find information or sample code on the 'net.
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