In Praise of Chorded Input
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#2I think chorded input is good, and I dislike touch screens. I also thought of using Hollerith chording for entering text using a numeric keypad (although a separate key will be needed for a space), rather than what most things use for entering text using a numeric keypad, which is worse, I think.
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#4I've been searching relentlessly for a qwerty chording solution that works for me. I was hoping to find something useful here, but there's only a couple of Wikipedia links that I've already scoured through. QMK firmware seems like a good solution, but it's only available on DIY mechanical keyboards or expensive ergonomic keyboards. There are a few hacks out there for other keyboards, but I don't want to brick my daily driver.
If anybody has a solution for custom chords on a qwerty that doesn't cost hundreds of dollars I'd love to hear it!
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#5Plan 9's acme editor uses mouse chords: select text with the left mouse button, then while holding LMB click the middle mouse button to cut. Click and hold LMB to select an input point, then right-click to paste the text from the clipboard. To copy text, you simply select with LMB, click MMB to cut, then immediately click RMB to paste back into the same spot while also maintaining the clipboard copy.
I use it daily and it is pretty convenient. There are other chords too, but those are the big ones.
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#6> But it's not just music software: pretty much all the joys I've listed can be used to explain people getting so into learning Vim or Emacs.
Eh, the reason why I'm into modal editing is precisely that it doesn't require much chording. That's also why I've configured my keyboard to write all the ascii printable symbols without chording, and shift is sticky so I don't need to chord it to write a capital I.
I could imagine having a handful of simple chords, but not much more. The problem I see with chording is that it imposes timing restrictions that allow room for misinterpretation when you're typing things too quickly. And generally I find it more difficult & tense to press more than one key simultaneously.
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#7People are still building chorded input devices. This was shown at CES:
Mobile devices lack good input methods. There’s a possibility they might prove useful for those on the go.
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#8I can add to this praise. I have been using key-chord-mode in emacs for the last 7 years. Love it.
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#9Plan 9's acme editor uses mouse chords: select text with the left mouse button, then while holding LMB click the middle mouse button to cut. Click and hold LMB to select an input point, then right-click to paste the text from the clipboard. To copy text, you simply select with LMB, click MMB to cut, then immediately click RMB to paste back into the same spot while also maintaining the clipboard copy. I use it daily a…
Inspired wholesale by the same feature in Oberon.
And one of the things that makes me miss proper three button mice.
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#10I've been searching relentlessly for a qwerty chording solution that works for me. I was hoping to find something useful here, but there's only a couple of Wikipedia links that I've already scoured through. QMK firmware seems like a good solution, but it's only available on DIY mechanical keyboards or expensive ergonomic keyboards. There are a few hacks out there for other keyboards, but I don't want to brick my dail…
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