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Nuap OP t1_ixnyt0e wrote

Reply to comment by ninja-cats in Prophet with GMK Black Lotus by Nuap

It does look different under different lights. This photo is underexposed by about 1/3 stop and taken outside on an overcast day. So it's reasonably close to real life, just a little bit darker.

I think the problem with some photos is that because the keycaps are primarily black, automatic exposure (especially on mobile phones) tends to bring the brightness up, which really blows out the purple colour.

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Nuap OP t1_ixnymmj wrote

Reply to comment by RockInShoe in Prophet with GMK Black Lotus by Nuap

Unfortunately u/Arnav74 is correct, the keyboard case and keycap are both past GBs.

If you didn't want to go aftermarket, you could achieve something kind of similar with a black QK60 and caps like GMK Lilac on Black.

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vii333 t1_ixnv95a wrote

Reply to comment by Grimgarcon in GMK Birch in Birch on Birch - RK71 Mod by geistmate

Not sure if you have access to the firmware, but you could probalby remap the cursor keys? My KB hasn't any, so I use MOD + I / J / K / L (home row).

The Windows Power Toys also allow the creation of custom shortcuts, maybe this would work as well (if using Windows)

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QWERKey-UK t1_ixnv05u wrote

Reply to Nuphy Air 75 typing in the dark by Busy_Ad_5360

If they are not shine through keycaps, then no, you will not see them in the dark, or at best... see them with difficulty.

This is not a preaching post, or some kind of elitist thing before anyone suggests it, but have you considered learning to touchtype? While it takes a while to learn, it's not actually difficult, and once you can, not only do you have the advantage of not needing to look at the keyboard, but typing becomes an absolute pleasure, and when you do make typos, you notice in real time, so you never have to spend time proofing what you have just written.

Head on over to r/typing and get some advice on the best ways to learn. Be warned though.. it can be addictive, and you may well spend lots of time in Monkeytype chasing speed and accuracy goals :)

If that doesn't appeal to you, then you need to start looking for some shine through keycaps.

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixnufak wrote

Reply to comment by pingerlol in In love with this bad boy by jbdelcanto

Thanks!

As for your question, this is also a totally new layout for me so I'll definitely need some time to adjust, but I remapped the caps lock to be my control key and I use Fn to use the caps lock.

I do have a windows key though! It's the "code" key. The keycaps set didn't include a windows one so I did what I could.

It's definitely a weird layout, but so far I'm liking it

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Arnav74 t1_ixnt1ij wrote

Reply to comment by RockInShoe in Prophet with GMK Black Lotus by Nuap

you can probably find the prophet for around USD $400 and the keycap set for another $350-400 on mechmarket, these are just estimates though. switches probably $60-70, stabs around $25

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IAlwaysReplyLate t1_ixnrvlz wrote

Reply to Ignorant question to Asians by tertius_decimus

To add a historical note: before IMEs, the Japanese keyboards used hiragana or katakana, mostly one kana per key (some were shifted, eg ぁ was Shift-あ). Mostly they had a QWERTY-like layout with some extra keys, but there were several different layouts designed to be more ergonomic - the modern Esrille Nisse can emulate some of the ergonomic layouts. It's still possible to use the kana layouts with an IME, and Japanese keyboards still have the extra keys for switching between writing systems.

For kanji, at least to start with, it was really unavoidable to have a big array. The keyboards used a 9- or 12-layer system, but they were still huge, some running to over 500 keys. Here's an Alps one, with Planck for scale - there's more info and photos on Deskthority. IIRC Chinese typewriters assembled characters in the way Captain_Crispyy described.

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