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Re: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad

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Post by Klathmon »

I actually made something similar using a small program called "luamacros" to intercept keys from a Planck ortholinear keyboard, then I printed out labels to put on the blank keycaps.

I think I've finally settled on a good layout, so I'll be printing up some custom keycaps to permanently print the legends on the keys.

It's surprisingly useful! I've got some buttons to open websites, some to do git-things, some to open terminals to various places on my PC, some to open folders, and a few to open programs.

Re: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad

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Post by garyclarke27 »

Steelseries keyboads offer the same functionality with numerous easily programmable keys. I use heavily with Sublime Text. Steelseries engine software is flacky on mac though, since sierra update often freezes, fine on Windows. Ideally keys should have programmable LCD icons aswell, I would happily pay $200 for such. I used to use Actions app on ipad, but a bit slow compared to steelseries, so stopped using.

Re: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad

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Post by robinhartley94 »

Hey! Robin here - the creator of TASK: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad. Great to see so many comments and some interesting engagement :D

A lot of you are identifying other ways to achieve this sort of automation either with AutoHotKey or custom scripts and if that works for you then good on ya, no point in changing :)

However, the keypad was designed to give you quick, easy and intuitive automation in seconds. No writing code, no binding keys or running scripts. You just drag and drop and it's there.

It's not supposed to be revolutionary new tech, it's just taking a fairly standard macropad and making it easier, faster and less bother to get working. Added benefits are you can share automation 'recipes' and it'll be open source so you can hack/tweak it to your own needs.

Re: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad

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Post by robinhartley94 »

Klathmon wrote: post #13

I actually made something similar using a small program called "luamacros" to intercept keys from a Planck ortholinear keyboard, then I printed out labels to put on the blank keycaps. I think I've finally settled on a good layout, so I'll be printing up some custom keycaps to permanently print the legends on the keys. It's surprisingly useful! I've got some buttons to open websites, some to do git-things, some to ope…

That sounds like an awesome setup. Can't deny that programming up your own layout to your exact needs definitely gives you the best results.

Re: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad

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Post by robinhartley94 »

dln_eintr wrote: post #11

These guys have been making some pretty neat controllers for a while now: http://xkeys.com/XkeysKeyboards/

They are really sturdy pieces of kit and they're UTF-8 too so great for custom characters etc. However, they're really expensive in the UK (where I'm from) and the interface is seriously old and clunky so there is room for improvement, especially if you're looking for a more customisable solution.
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