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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by yangyang on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:32PM (#16564385)
I've been meaning to hack a trackpoint into my Kinesis. It's been done before, mounted where you can control with the thumb so you don't need to move your hand at all.
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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by maltalex on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:43PM (#16564426)
Are there trackpoint kits? Or do people disassemble old keyboards?
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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by yangyang on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:58PM (#16564488)
Only seen it done with ones removed from old keyboards. On at least some (including the IBM SpaceSaver IIs that I have), it's on a separate little board. I believe the outputs are pretty simple to decode.
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