What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
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Heck, first keycap set for me! I don't even know what to expect! A tray, baggies? Do they ship bulk keys, or divided sets? I'm just really curious how it works behind the scenes for something with as many individual bits and bobs as 1500-ish main and child packs of a keycap set!
NO idea how to implement that functionality in code though. I don't even have number pad plates, so I ain't TOO worried about number pad functionality just yet. For now, I just wanna get the ports installed, so I can add the functionality by software int he future, should I build it.
You can see a MagSafe 1 connector disassembled. It was a little thicker than MagSafe2, but the construction is almost the same. Between the number pad and the keyboard, one side will have that tiny metal shell and the small pogo connectors mounted in it, along with some steel posts to mate up with the magnets in the other half. The other half will have matched magnets and the magnetic side of the connector. Thinking of making the magnetic part be the keyboard. In the Apple Laptops, the magnetic part is the laptop, not the cable. It also makes creating accessories easier, as I only need to salvage a cable, and not the replacement part for a laptop.