deskthority

... Would be interesting to see if one could add holding down keys at startup and having the keyboard send them? So we can use the bootup modes without keeping a separate keyboard around. I haven't looked at the code myself yet, but the idea i have is as soon as the keyboard starts, we assume it's ...

Starting at page 252 of this thread, I've put together three questions: Is it possible to make startup options accessible on all OS X systems? Unfortunately, there is a 100% failure rate with our main Mac, that requires a workaround to be able to choose among different systems upon startup. This wor...

If I believe Vial, the combo had sent the same key code (0x5C00) as the "r" key defined on layer 2. Contrary to the former, the latter does enter bootloader mode, though. Hence I wonder, if combos can be used at all to enter bootloader mode running Vial firmware? IIRC, there is a bug in the Vial fi...

Getting so much time on the same keyboard really opened my eyes to just how powerful consistency is in modification. I totally agree with you. The sophisticatest techniques lose value, if not smoothly applicable. I'm quite happy with my F77's standard layout except for the missing "Esc" and "Fn" ke...

So following Flash New Model F with VIAL firmware I have installed a Vial compatible firmware meanwhile. The main reason was to give tap dances a try (note the correct representation of the ISO enter key compared to my earlier post with QMK, that needed several "N/A" assignments):   Bildschirmfoto-2...

Having just switched over to Vial successfully, I might share one or two clarifications for the unexperienced: Using QMK toolbox seems to be even simpler, than with Flip: step 4 is not needed. As mentioned elsewhere, QMK Toolbox isn't available for users of older OS X versions, but dfu-programmer ma...

Going by your picture , your right Shift is the regular (egregiously long) 2.75u key. HHKB style right Shift requires different barrel placement: 1.75u then 1u; not 1u then 1.75u as you have. IBM did this to support JIS layout with the same barrel frame, so I gather, as HHKB style split Shift just ...

Having spent more than a week with my new acquisition it might be the right time to share some experiences from the perspective of a user who is less of a keyboard geek than many others populating this forum, uses a national variant of the keyboard (German in this case) and not only OS X, but also a...

False use of limited offers There is no need to discuss running deadlines in great detail. At least in the EU they are considered unfair and are not allowed. As far as I know, you can't claim a refund, but you can request the correction of the misleading offer, should it still be available. Offende...

... Upon contemplating the photo, I'm wondering, if it might be the "Feststelltaste", that had to be pressed in the first place and the silver button, to unlock the thing. My relevant typing experience is a few decades away... AFAIK, "Umschalttaste" moves the typing levers up, "Feststelltaste" just...

Any opinions on my 1.5U 'Caps Lock' legend in the HHKB ISO German set? I wanted to make the bottom row consistent and do a text legend and Google translate claims that 'Caps Lock' is proper German. The German term for Caps Lock (literally maybe "Kap[itälchen]-Schloss") would indeed be "Feststelltas...

The joy of using a *nix OS like macOS is that you can do all of this in the native Terminal. I'm a macOS user and I've not had to set PATH and I don't run QMK from my ~ folder or do anything funky. I just put QMK wherever I want and run all the make commands from the top level QMK folder. QMK comes...

Is there a reason to use Ubuntu? Wouldn't any *nix do? I've just installed python3 and pip on Mavericks a few days ago without problems (needed a way to automatically convert some Excel files to more engine-friendly CSV data) so I'm wondering, if Macs running OS X could be used, too? Moreover the re...