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mbirth · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 40 Location: DE, Berlin

Here is a much more flexible version. I almost recoded everything in a more compact manner. I also solved the CapsLock-thingy where the CapsLock-LED doesn't light up and pressing SPACE while CapsLock is on, a space appears before the first character. Also I made it work with German, English and French keyboard layout. (Getting the keyboard locale from Registry is important, b/c if you have an English system with German keyboard, A_Locale will return 0409 (=English).

For my keyboard locale, all numeric keys return the shifted punctuation signs when CapsLock is on.

Download the whole stuff incl. nice TrayIcon and Help-Image here. The image is this:

And the icon.

Here comes the code:

lcamara · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:13 am Post subject: updated version

It just came to my attention that I neglected to actually post my finished script (see my previous post).

I also have a PDF of the keyboard layout, and summary of the special keys, for clarity.

rubo77 · Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 10

i tried to type with this system, and came to the point, that i would never get really fast with it. the space key is slowing down too much.

so i invented a new layout, ENTI-Key++ :
www.entikey.z11.de

you can get really fast with it, cause it has the keys remapped to optimal positions.

is it possible to create an autohotkey-script for that layout?

lcamara · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: possible, but...

It's true that the space key slows you down significantly, especially when typing two-handed (which is why I use my mouse's thumb-button as the modifier).

Your layout looks interesting, but I'm not sure how much speed you would really gain... unless you've been typing with it a long time? When I was first researching one-handed typing, I came across some kind of study that said that while there were speed increases using different layouts, it wasn't very significant (what was more significant to speed was how long the layout had been used - experience).

That's one of the main reasons why I went with a half-QWERTY layout for my one-hand (quick to learn, and similar to standard QWERTY). Also, typing with a layout that's significantly different from the "standard" layout reduces your ability to function on another computer (that doesn't have your custom layout software). Using something like a Frogpad would require learning a new layout, as well as transporting special hardware wherever you go.

That said, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to write a script for your layout, except that I'm wondering what key you use to access the "green" characters? I also don't see the bottom row (ctrl-alt-space) in your diagram.
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Conquer · Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Canada

Sweeeeet! I love you.. in a non-weird way, of course.

Though it kind of gets in the way if i go back to normal typing, it limits the speed of the space key, but there is a hotkey to Suspend, so all is well Very Happy

Well done!

Ps. It might take a while to get used to this... But thanks, I always wanted something like this!
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rubo77 · Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 10

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Could somebody possibly reformat this script for Dvorak? I've been using it for the past 6-7 years because of my CT. My wrists are deformed, so I can't use ergonomic keyboards, and I can't use qwerty anymore or my hands cramp up very quickly.

Thank you very much.

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rubo77 · Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 10

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engunneer · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:

sleep with values below 10-16 actually sleep for 10 to 16 ms. if you want to sleep for less time, you must remove the sleep command.
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Gizzmo · Guest

I'd like to be able to hold down the space key and continue to type mirrored letters. Is there a reason why this hasn't been implemented into the program?

I notice that when I type consecutive mirrored letters quickly that this does seem to work in the way that I'm describing. Was it programmed that way specifically? Because I can only seem to get it to work that way with two consecutive mirrored letters.

However this is an AWESOME idea!

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It doesn't seem to do it when I'm typing on my computer at home though...

With my computer at work it seems to want to release the ''space'' command after the length of time dictated by the script. However when I use the same script at home with the same script. I can just hold down the space key and type indefinitely. Any thoughts as to why one would work and the other wouldn't???