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@patcharcana@furry.engineer  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

#ScribesAndMakers March 12. Our featured creator has an em dash key on his keyboard. Do you do any customizations for your creativity?

Oh boy do I!

I don't really do special character bindings because my OS supports the compose key. Conversely, the keyboard itself is heavily customized. Handmade, actually.

The highlight reel:

  • Width set special to fit into a briefcase I own, for the purpose of a project I'm unlikely to get around to now.
  • 3 rotary encoders for: volume, screen briteness, and move between vitual desktops. Each has a click function. When used with the Function key they serve as the X, Y, and Scroll of a mouse.
  • Function-chord bindings for all the numpad keys for various music controls, printscreen,etc.

It has flaws. I really need to find a way to add a numlock state indicator; since there's no central column or dedicated arrow keys I actually enter and exit numlock FREQUENTLY now.

A photograph of a keyboard on a wooden desk. The keyboard has a walnut front panel with a brass plaque that reads "Arcane-Human Interface Model Two", with the Arcana Labs logo (a stylized eye made up of parallelograms). The keys are mostly shades of grey, but the escape key is read. The character keys are ivory, and in addition to ordinary black legends they have red legends in the JIS layout.
A photograph of a keyboard on a wooden desk. The keyboard has a walnut front panel with a brass plaque that reads "Arcane-Human Interface Model Two", with the Arcana Labs logo (a stylized eye made up of parallelograms). The keys are mostly shades of grey, but the escape key is read. The character keys are ivory, and in addition to ordinary black legends they have red legends in the JIS layout.
A photograph of a keyboard on a wooden desk. The keyboard has a walnut front panel with a brass plaque that reads "Arcane-Human Interface Model Two", with the Arcana Labs logo (a stylized eye made up of parallelograms). The keys are mostly shades of grey, but the escape key is read. The character keys are ivory, and in addition to ordinary black legends they have red legends in the JIS layout.
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