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Re:4x4 Macro Pad Kit by kortex on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:00PM (#24704576)
This really only works in the most trivial of cases. There just isn't enough symbol-space information in a basic keyboard to be able to implement many QMK hallmarks like level shifting, chords, momentary hold effects, and taps.

I have thought about custom in-line hardware but that's honestly as complicated as QMK. Plus latency.

What I would love however is an inline monitor to see what keycodes I'm issuing. It gets...zany.

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Re:4x4 Macro Pad Kit by oxygenoxy on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:43AM (#24708754)
Don't need "custom" in-line hardware. Just get this. https://www.1upkeyboards.com/shop/controllers/usb-to-usb-con...
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Re:4x4 Macro Pad Kit by mcpeepants on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @02:15AM (#24705737)
> What I would love however is an inline monitor to see what keycodes I'm issuing.

this is actually very simple to do with QMK if you have a board with an OLED display. it's also implemented in the default keymap for a bunch of the split ergo boards (Lily58 is one that has it)

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