Really neat project. I have recently been working on a chording keyboard and was also considering trying to make (or worst case buy) a foot pedal; never considered using a ‘piano-style’ food pedal for electric keyboards.
So, I work with @mathiasx, and he let me use the pedal for awhile. While it did exactly what it’s supposed to, I didn’t find myself using it much. Sure, I’m not used to it, but I think the biggest problem is that I rarely use “i” to insert text. Usually, I get into insert mode with various combinations of “o”, “a”, “c”, and “s”. And when I do use “i”, it’s usually the capitalized version.
That said, I think it has potential for other uses… just not necessarily as a vim clutch in this manner. And of course, this realization wouldn’t have been possible without actually trying it, so thanks @mathiasx!
I’m curious as to whether a pair of these would work well as Ctrl or Meta for emacs. Seems like it might be more helpful there since chording those is virtually constant.
Really neat project. I have recently been working on a chording keyboard and was also considering trying to make (or worst case buy) a foot pedal; never considered using a ‘piano-style’ food pedal for electric keyboards.
Some solutions: Prevent cursor from moving back one character on insert mode exit
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See also Aleksandr Levchuk’s Vim clutch from 2011 (Hacker News discussion), which is basically the same thing.
So, I work with @mathiasx, and he let me use the pedal for awhile. While it did exactly what it’s supposed to, I didn’t find myself using it much. Sure, I’m not used to it, but I think the biggest problem is that I rarely use “i” to insert text. Usually, I get into insert mode with various combinations of “o”, “a”, “c”, and “s”. And when I do use “i”, it’s usually the capitalized version.
That said, I think it has potential for other uses… just not necessarily as a vim clutch in this manner. And of course, this realization wouldn’t have been possible without actually trying it, so thanks @mathiasx!
I’m curious as to whether a pair of these would work well as Ctrl or Meta for emacs. Seems like it might be more helpful there since chording those is virtually constant.
I always thought this would be neat but then I realize how much I move around with the laptop every day…and close my tab. :)
For stationary programmers (not programmers of stationary, programmers who are…you know what I mean!), I feel like this is a golden ticket.