Recent comments in /f/MechanicalKeyboards

fyonn t1_j68xjlh wrote

just to expand on my previous comment, as I'm now sitting at a keyboard rather than on my phone. yes, I can use QMK or via to configure what scan codes the keyboard sends to the computer, but how those scan codes are interpreted by the OS is at the mercy of the keymap. so for the UK, I configure a button as 3 and the OS decides whether shift-3 is £ or #. I'd like an option for both Mac and windows to allow me to have exactly what character or function every key does configurable from the keyboard alone, and not rely on the keymap to interpret what it thinks I mean.

I know this is a hold-over from back in the days but it feels like something we could fix.

Also, I'd want this key mode to be baked into the OS so that I can still use it on locked down work machines...

PS. incidentally I had to get # from the Mac symbol tool as I have no idea where it is mapped... or even if it is mapped... oh.. it's alt-3 apparently... again, that's a keymap thing, not what I've told the keyboard to generate.

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Jrgiacone t1_j68vog9 wrote

I have phantom yellows on mine too. The only reason I’m itching to try the alpacas is because even after applying krytox 205g0 there are still some switches that are scratchy. Not sure if I just got a bad batch of yellows

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ITSUREN t1_j68v3iv wrote

Reply to First 40%. by blitzz41

C'mon man, why you gotta zoom that much, can't see anything. Try zooming out a bit more next time.

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rbur70x7 t1_j68uwzu wrote

Reply to Whatcha think by willrpike

I like it, I would've gone with standard function row myself though. I love the key caps.

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noahdimarco t1_j68qeyz wrote

Reply to First 40%. by blitzz41

He needed the f-row just as much as he needed a computer, and he needed the number row just as much as he needed furniture

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