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 Posted: Mon, 10th May 2010 14:29 Post subject: Looking for a keyboard |
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I'm looking for a keyboard for my work, I need to paste big chunks of text with 1 button press? Was looking at G11, but it seems it doesn't allow that to be made easily..
Any suggestions?
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| Posted: Mon, 10th May 2010 14:55 Post subject: |
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..uh?
that's a software issue
what would you need something like that for anyway?
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| Posted: Mon, 10th May 2010 15:01 Post subject: |
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No I need other buttons..
I write SQL queries, and regularly I need to paste GUIDs (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000) or code snippets like SQL Cursors or formulas to concatenate several fields into one with some absurd formatting..
I need something like G11, to press the G4 key and that needs to paste a 40 lines SQL cursor that does some shit..
or press G5 key, that pastes ANOTHER 30 lines SQL cursor, that does the same thing, but a bit different..
I found this good program AutoHotKey but need a keyboard with extra ~10 buttons..
| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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| Posted: Mon, 10th May 2010 18:12 Post subject: |
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why not just bind stuff like alt+1, alt+2 etc?
holding alt with your thumb is pretty much one button in practice
having extra buttons at a further reach is much slower and clumsy
but if you want to rebind multimedia keys to something usable, you can use keytweak to create a custom keymap (only to an existing key though)
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 10th May 2010 18:53 Post subject: |
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Das Keyboard
Can't beat mechanical switches.
Also if you're in the US consider one of the Filco boards, definitely steer clear of rubber dome keyboards if you need to type a lot, typing on keys with mechanical switches is a lot better. But since you're in Bulgaria, getting a das keboard off the german site would probably be a good bet.
Then if you need the macro stuff, get a logitech g13 gameboard and use that for macro stuff.
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| Posted: Tue, 11th May 2010 10:44 Post subject: |
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| Epsilon wrote: | Das Keyboard
Can't beat mechanical switches.
Also if you're in the US consider one of the Filco boards, definitely steer clear of rubber dome keyboards if you need to type a lot, typing on keys with mechanical switches is a lot better. But since you're in Bulgaria, getting a das keboard off the german site would probably be a good bet.
Then if you need the macro stuff, get a logitech g13 gameboard and use that for macro stuff. |
About das keyboard - nice keyboard, what does it have to do with my problem? it doesn't have any more functionality buttons, than any usual keyboard..
All logitech G1* keyboards are only meant to be used as macro keyboards, etc. when you press this key, it presses ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+WIN+F+G+H keys, IT DOES NOT HELP when you want to paste a wall of text with 1 keystroke...
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| Posted: Tue, 11th May 2010 13:31 Post subject: |
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I replaced by old G15 with Saitek Eclipse III and I;m loving it!
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| Posted: Tue, 11th May 2010 15:02 Post subject: |
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I have Logitech wave and I love it! it's great for typing enormous amount of text (which I'm doing atm)...
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| Posted: Tue, 11th May 2010 15:13 Post subject: |
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| dingo_d wrote: | | I have Logitech wave and I love it! it's great for typing enormous amount of text (which I'm doing atm)... |
+1 Was about to post. It's really comfortable for typing for extended periods, and also nice for gaming.  |
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| Posted: Tue, 11th May 2010 15:24 Post subject: |
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| StrEagle wrote: | | All logitech G1* keyboards are only meant to be used as macro keyboards, etc. when you press this key, it presses ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+WIN+F+G+H keys, IT DOES NOT HELP when you want to paste a wall of text with 1 keystroke... |
what you're talking about is a keyboard shortcut, not a macro. you can just as well record a macro and enter some text
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| Posted: Tue, 11th May 2010 15:36 Post subject: |
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But you need to type it, so it can record it. There is no way of just paste the text into the macro. Try making a macro to paste 5000 words.. and after that, try to edit it..
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