I use one of these (model's a bit different, but pretty close) every day to write and edit text. I emulate Jef Raskin's Canon Cat navigation model on the trackpad buttons, and it works exceptionally well. If the demand was there, I'd make a commercial version of my text editor to be used with these keyboards. Best thing for writers I've ever used.
IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
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You say swapped, I say its the correct placement. I use control much more frequently than fn, and its easier to reach it with my pinky on the thinkpad keyboard.
Me too, that's why I have Control and Caps-Lock swapped.
A variation: Caps-Lock swapped with Backspace. This has worked well for me.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#133This guy went out of his way to buy something with a trackpoint? Surely this is a hoax.
I know some people that can't use mice without pain. Hence they are trackpoint all the way. I only use the trackpoint on my laptop as well, but I'd rather have my logitech mouse with 'tilt' style wheel.
One of my coworkers has this issue. He brought in a trackball for that reason. Makes sense the trackpoint would be the ideal mouse in a laptop for that reason. No need to move your hands off the home row.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#134I use one of these (model's a bit different, but pretty close) every day to write and edit text. I emulate Jef Raskin's Canon Cat navigation model on the trackpad buttons, and it works exceptionally well. If the demand was there, I'd make a commercial version of my text editor to be used with these keyboards. Best thing for writers I've ever used.
previous thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3394546
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emacs user! another to be expunged. all hail as caps lock! for on that day, all shall be in normal mode, on the day of text one will `export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim` -- from the book of vim 2:12
I use vim and have caps lock bound to control. I use Ctrl-[ to switch to normal mode and ctrl is so much more useful outside of just vim.
I have done no remapping but Ctrl-[ is very good for my wrists.
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Long live the Capslock-as-control-key master race. :)
emacs user! another to be expunged. all hail as caps lock! for on that day, all shall be in normal mode, on the day of text one will `export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim` -- from the book of vim 2:12
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Get over yourself! ed(1) is the TRUE text editor.
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Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
emacs user! another to be expunged. all hail as caps lock! for on that day, all shall be in normal mode, on the day of text one will `export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim` -- from the book of vim 2:12
The best way to deal with Caps Lock is to make it a Control Key when used as a modifier (held down when another key is pressed), but Escape when typed by itself. There's a program for GNU/Linux called xscape that does exactly that.
You should be able to do that with only XKB, but Xorg XKB seems somewhat buggy and the documentation is scattered, so you'd have a bit of work ahead of you.
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Ah, the Model M. Still have mine from 1990, used it for decades, and I would still be using it at home if it were not for the fact that it was so loud it woke up my newborn son sleeping in the other room. So I got a quieter keyboard (Realforce 87U that I picked up in Japan, very different key feeling but in a good way) and put the Model M in storage. My son is now 7 years old, loves Minecraft, and wants to learn prog…
if you got a real force to replace a buckling spring you didn't do your homework :) torpe keys are louder than cherry, mostly because cherry you can use heavier key caps and dampening rubber all around. there are rumors of topre with dampening on the up motion, but even finding regular topre is already difficult enough (also imported mines from Japan, like you) also, the feeling from tactile cherries are closer the b…
I made up-dampers for my Novatouch out of that really thin plastic-foam packing/wrapping material (0.022"). Craft foam (0.075") and heat shrunk craft foam were too thick.
Now I've just got to get an MSP430 programmer and see if I can fix this braindead no-scancode "FN" key.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
You say swapped, I say its the correct placement. I use control much more frequently than fn, and its easier to reach it with my pinky on the thinkpad keyboard.
Me too, that's why I have Control and Caps-Lock swapped.
My favorite: map caps-lock to left mouse click.