Re: GNU Emacs Custom Mechanical Keyboard Keycaps

[Timothy Patishnock <tmp@patishnock.com>]

On 06/22/2012 09:49 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I'm thinking about editing the<alt>  key to read<META>  on top and alt
>> in italics below it. Also, the F10 key would read Emacs Menu underneath
>> the F10 label.
>>      
> How 'bout having an "Emacs" key, to the left of the left alt/meta key?

Sounds like an interesting idea.

Is this what you mean? (The following constitutes the layout of the 
bottom row of that section of the keyboard):

[Emacs] ["Meta"] [Alt] [Space] [Alt] ["Meta"] [Menu] [Emacs]

On 06/22/2012 10:17 PM, Miles Bader wrote:
> "Patishnock, Timothy Mitchell"<patis1tm@cmich.edu>  writes:
>    
>> Which keys would you edit (space permitting on such a small surface) to
>> indicate GNU Emacs functionality?
>>
>> I'm thinking about editing the<alt>  key to read<META>  on top and alt
>> in italics below it. Also, the F10 key would read Emacs Menu underneath
>> the F10 label.
>>      
> I presume it'll have the control key in the right place, to the left
> of the "a" key (that's priority number one with an Emacs keyboard).
>
> How many additional modifier keys do you have (even my small HHKB has
> two on either side of the spacebar, so I guess four total)?  Besides a
> "Meta-" key, you could have dedicated "Super-" and "Hyper-" keys...
>
> [Getting those through the software stack is another issue of course;
> presumably just a Small Matter of Programming... :]
>
> -miles
>
>    

Just checked out the HHKB; pretty slick.

The one I'm designing is a 104-key US ANSI layout design.

Here is the bottom row in order from left to right:

ORIGINAL:
[Ctrl] ["Meta"] [Alt] [Space] [Alt] ["Meta"] [Menu] [Ctrl]

WIP (Work in Progress):
[Ctrl] [ Emacs Super / "Meta"] [Emacs META / Alt] [Space] [Emacs META / 
Alt] [ Emacs Hyper / "Meta"] [Menu] [Ctrl]