Keymap wizardry: Typing out the Harry Potter saga
Typing out all the Harry Potter books would be crazy, right? What would be the point? Seems like a weird flex even by keyboard enthusiast standards. Yep, that's right. Typing it out once makes no sense. That's why I'm going to type out the books a few million times! For the benefit of humanity and especially of you, fellow keymap wizards. This is a demonstration of the power of alternative/custom layouts. Given the huge extent of this topic, we can barely scratch the surface here so consider this write-up a mere teaser. Imagine you are an aspiring writer with a brilliant idea, just about to start typing out your magnum opus, staring at a yet empty document on your screen. Cursor blinking, annoying orphan relatives locked up in the cupboard under the stairs. Your story, about a young boy who ends up saving the world, is quite complete. You "just" have to type out heaps of your manuscripts and notes: about 6.5 million keystrokes. Everything is prepared for the...
Jun 4, 2024
And yes, if you want to switch to a more Mac friendly layout, you can use DIP6 to switch Win and Alt. I have a Pok3r and did so programmatically on their second layer. I will say that having an actual DIP dedicated to that is cool. Then all you have to do is find some Mac specific R4 keys. Really, most boards you can use on a Mac, but you will either have to add some additional programming steps or lose the functionality of some of the keys.
Edit: I do want to point out that with the addition of the new cable routing on this, a standard 60% case will not fit board... so if you wanted to swap out cases for any reason, you wont be able unless you get someone to custom make you one or that location becomes a standard (highly doubtful). More than likely what "could" happen, would be another MD for some new case options that only iKBC would have made.
Thank you for the advice :)
For extremely programmable boards and really fancy options that a single key can do, check out QMK's software with these cool features:
Adding Macros - https://goo.gl/lL8INT Space Cadet - https://goo.gl/4KkRyl Tap Dance - https://goo.gl/ISw6wT
As far as having to program your board for use on a Mac, with DIP6 you should be fine until you get more comfortable with keyboard programming and customizing your layout. Once you get some knowledge under your belt, you should have no issues swapping keys around quickly. I have a Mac and a Pok3r (without the DIP6 option), so I had to take 5min to swap those keys myself inside the keyboards programming. Quick and easy.