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
Maybe trying to attach media functions to separate keys other than what's on the board already might be a problem seeing as those are Windows commands, like volume, play, pause, my computer ect.
One solution may be just program the board on a windows machine and save the profile to the board, depending on what you want to program on it so long as it's not OS dependent functions, but moving keys around and making macros you can save all that to the board.
Also, RK's website doesn't seem to want to load at this point.
EDIT: "Keyboard is not connected!" I'll play around with it a little more and see if I can get it working.
P.S. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the utility to work via Wine. I tried importing the drivers as both the USB and HID devices through the registry, but the software still doesn't see it. Oh well.