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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have a typematrix keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I used to have a Linux keyboard (with Tux instead of the Windows logo on super) with dedicated copy and paste keys. As far as I recall I never used them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hey, this is one of the reasons I bought this keyboard!

For a couple extra bucks you can get them to make each individual key a separate key code by asking them to convert it to Single Usage Code Firmware, which is so nifty to me!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you can remap keys with any keyboards

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

While correct, for the keyboard I linked, when you press F13 through F24 it sends Shift+F1 through Shift+F12. Which is not impossible to remap, but what if you need to press Shift+F1?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

there's a growing adoption of keyboards with custom firmware– programmable keyboards

  1. There's an error
  2. You have computers? We have computers to send keystrokes to our computers!

Edit: i mean, there's software to remap your keyboard.

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