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Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by consto »

jerf wrote: post #86
davegauer wrote: post #24

I've often found it very peculiar that while many industries have specialized input hardware, it is still the norm for developers to type awkward key combinations* for common programming symbols such as (,),{,},[,],=, etc. which are be used in mass quantities all day, every day. I understand how we got where we are, but it's nevertheless surprising that something like a modernized space-cadet keyboard isn't standard…

Take control of your keyboard. At least Windows and Linux let you remap pretty freely. You probably have more than enough keys to do everything you want already, start remapping! A common path in is to remap Caps Lock to do something useful. (I favor Backspace, one of the keys that never shows up on the list of keystrokes if you just analyze text, but YMMV.) However, it is still the case that even programmers will li…

If you are using Windows, how are you rebinding your Caps Lock key? AutoHotKey?

I've made my own keyboard layout using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator which unfortunately doesn't support rebinding the modifiers.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

#102

Post by throwanem »

consto wrote: post #101
jerf wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Take control of your keyboard. At least Windows and Linux let you remap pretty freely. You probably have more than enough keys to do everything you want already, start remapping! A common path in is to remap Caps Lock to do something useful. (I favor Backspace, one of the keys that never shows up on the list of keystrokes if you just analyze text, but YMMV.) However, it is still the case that even programmers will li…

If you are using Windows, how are you rebinding your Caps Lock key? AutoHotKey? I've made my own keyboard layout using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator which unfortunately doesn't support rebinding the modifiers.

> AutoHotKey?

It sort of works, but you're much better off doing it in the registry: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MovingTheCtrlKey#toc18

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

#103

Post by delluminatus »

consto wrote: post #101
jerf wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Take control of your keyboard. At least Windows and Linux let you remap pretty freely. You probably have more than enough keys to do everything you want already, start remapping! A common path in is to remap Caps Lock to do something useful. (I favor Backspace, one of the keys that never shows up on the list of keystrokes if you just analyze text, but YMMV.) However, it is still the case that even programmers will li…

If you are using Windows, how are you rebinding your Caps Lock key? AutoHotKey? I've made my own keyboard layout using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator which unfortunately doesn't support rebinding the modifiers.

Some mechanical keyboards let you configure this with DIP switches on the keyboard itself. My keyboard even came with an extra set of keycaps for swapping the caps lock and left control keys.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

#105

Post by jsprogrammer »

jerf wrote: post #86
davegauer wrote: post #24

I've often found it very peculiar that while many industries have specialized input hardware, it is still the norm for developers to type awkward key combinations* for common programming symbols such as (,),{,},[,],=, etc. which are be used in mass quantities all day, every day. I understand how we got where we are, but it's nevertheless surprising that something like a modernized space-cadet keyboard isn't standard…

Take control of your keyboard. At least Windows and Linux let you remap pretty freely. You probably have more than enough keys to do everything you want already, start remapping! A common path in is to remap Caps Lock to do something useful. (I favor Backspace, one of the keys that never shows up on the list of keystrokes if you just analyze text, but YMMV.) However, it is still the case that even programmers will li…

To really take control of your keyboard, you want one that supports hardware remapping, then you get your map on every machine and every OS.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by princeb »

I have been thinking about getting a filco mech keyboard to replace the bloomberg keyboard at work - and I would just need to make custom keycaps with the yellow keywords printed on the f keys, but i'm just wondering what do i do with the row above the f keys- menu, news, message, and the fractional shortcuts - those seem quite important to me too.

oh yes and the fingerprint reader too that i forgot. what a pain.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by gatsby »

omarish wrote: post #34

The majority of complaints here: - Ergonomics sucks! - I can't re-map caps lock to be escape, what trash! - This is so old! - Too expensive! - Dell makes cheaper monitors! - Fingerprint authentication can be hacked. But what everybody is not considering is: 1. You have to have a Bloomberg keyboard to work in finance. It's not even a question. It's a COGS for anybody who wants to work in finance or trading. 2. Bloombe…

Exactly right. Bank of America alone spends $420m every year on Bloomberg terminal fees.

http://nypost.com/2016/01/14/bank-of-america-set-to-cash-on-...

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

#108

Post by snuxoll »

consto wrote: post #99
snuxoll wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There has been some effort to make a keyboard layout better for programming, namely Programmer Dvorak. It's certainly not amazing by any means, as the reordering of the numerical keys really stinks, which is why I stick with the traditional dvorak layout (which actually has some disadvantages in curly-brace languages since the {} keys are right next to backspace and require moving my entire right hand off the home ro…

I would be surprised if switching to a slightly nicer keyboard layout would overcome the loss of muscle memory.

It certainly takes time. I never learned how to touch-type on QWERTY (I got really fast at pecking at keys) - so taking the dive from ~30WPM to ~15WPM for the first two weeks wasn't too big of an issue, now if most of the online typing tests can be considered "good enough" I now type roughly between 80-95WPM on average using Dvorak - which is mostly excessive when it comes to my day job of programming since I spend more time thinking about what I'm trying to write than I do typing it, but it comes in handy when replying to comments on Hacker News and Reddit or when I have to type up documentation.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by gd1 »

davegauer wrote: post #24

I've often found it very peculiar that while many industries have specialized input hardware, it is still the norm for developers to type awkward key combinations* for common programming symbols such as (,),{,},[,],=, etc. which are be used in mass quantities all day, every day. I understand how we got where we are, but it's nevertheless surprising that something like a modernized space-cadet keyboard isn't standard…

APL had specialized keyboards.
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