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Wishes are (currently) in no particular order. | Wishes are (currently) in no particular order. | ||
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* 1-10 assigned to Ctrl+F1 to Ctrl+F10 | * 1-10 assigned to Ctrl+F1 to Ctrl+F10 | ||
- | This flexibility will let you do totally crazy things with your DX1 pad! You would be able to emulate a [[http://www.frogpad.com/|frogpad]] as well as allow sending of any character via the DX1. | + | This flexibility will let you do totally crazy things with your DX1 pad! You would be able to emulate a [[http://www.frogpad.com/|frogpad]] and other forms of [[chorded input]] with this, allowing sending of any character via the DX1 with only a minimal amount of keys. |
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+ | One post makes mention of the fact the toggle states would sometimes need to be visible, otherwise you've no idea of the state of the keys on the pad just by looking at it. One possible solution to this might be to use the led's on the device to communicate to the user it's current state. Each keygroup could say, "when i'm active, do this to the leds: blink combination 1". Of course it's also possible to have on on-screen UI to show you the sites (think vista sidebar plugin), but that's no good if you're running a fullscreen application or game. Hooking up an led dot matrix display via USB and positioning it somewhere suitable is of course another option (see www.thinkgeek.com for led/lcd dot matrix USB displays and open-source drivers for them). | ||
Here's an example of a simple layout that requires "toggle" modifier keys. | Here's an example of a simple layout that requires "toggle" modifier keys. | ||
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http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=319\\ | http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=319\\ | ||
http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=301\\ | http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=301\\ | ||
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+ | ===== Key Differentiation ===== | ||
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+ | The original Ergodex software does not differentiate between the two different enter keys as well as "/" and "Numpad /" on a standard keyboard | ||
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+ | http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=323 | ||
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+ | ===== Multiple DX1s ===== | ||
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+ | It's not possible to use more than 1 DX1 per computer at the same time. | ||
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+ | http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=250 | ||
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+ | ===== Support Non-US/Non-Qwerty keyboards in GUI ===== | ||
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+ | If an on-screen keyboard is displayed it should show the user's current keyboard with the keycaps in the right place. Pressing "Q" on any keyboard should always show the icon for the keycap "Q" in the UI. Both azerty and qwerty send the same scancodes. However in order for user's of "azerty" keyboards to share their configurations to users of "qwerty" keyboards (e.g. that contain macros that type in words like "quazar" with a keypress) I think the manager will need to be configured to send keys as "text" to the OS (either by raising different events, or perhaps the same kind events but passed though a keyboard layout translation layer) | ||
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+ | http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=250 | ||
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+ | ===== MIDI Support ===== | ||
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+ | Instead of sending keyboard shortcuts, send midi commands! | ||
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+ | Combined with shift states and possible a dot matrix line display this would make the DX1 a very powerful tool! | ||
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+ | http://www.ergodex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=117 | ||
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+ | ===== Plugin Architecture ===== | ||
+ | Allow people to write plugins (see MIDI support above), primarily for handling key presses and releases (and configuring the actions taken when keys are pressed and released). | ||