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ydooW
3
Mar 17, 2014
Just wanted to share my upgrade to the ErgoDox I have. Transplanted the trackpoint from old ultranav keyboard. As a bonus this added two usb ports to the keyboard. I'm still thinking about changing some wiring inside, to allow one cable connection to a computer. One last bit I'm currently working on is mouse buttons support. Didn't put them in because I thought it could be possible to reassign some of the keyboard buttons to mimic mouse clicks. I even succeeded with the left click, by assigning F13 to one of the layers and using AutohotKey to remap that to left mouse click. The problem is that F14 and higher are not registered in the system (I tested up to F18, then I got bored). Did anyone try assigning and using those F14 and higher keys? I'm trying this on Windows 7 if that matters. Would greatly appreciate any help.
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Lagomorph
19
Mar 18, 2014
ydooWydooW: This is really impressive. An Ergodox with a trackpoint (and mouse button functionality) seems like it would be the perfect computer input device. I just wish there was a viable way to embed the trackpoint between the keys near the user's index finger. Sorry I couldn't answer your question; I just wanted to say that your project is really cool.
hbaughman741
0
Mar 18, 2014
ydooWThat's a brilliant. I don't know if you know C, but the teensy controller is capable of simulating mouse commands in addition to keyboard ones. There is a mouse project hosted on the official [teensy site](https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/usb_mouse.html) you might be able to lift code from. Good luck and keep us posted!
chris_was_taken
24
Mar 19, 2014
LagomorphI don't have mine yet but when I get to building, i definitely want to inspect if there's enough space to put the trackpoint somewhere more useful like in the middle of 4 keys. On a quest for minimal hand movement :)
ydooWThat's beautiful. I spent a non-trivial portion of CES sitting in hotel rooms with mechanical keyboard companies convincing them they need to build in trackpoints and mouse buttons.
ydooW, officially on the next level.
Lagomorph
19
Mar 20, 2014
Will> I spent a non-trivial portion of CES sitting in hotel rooms with mechanical keyboard companies convincing them they need to build in trackpoints and mouse buttons.
You're doing God's work, Will.
the-kenny
1
Mar 20, 2014
hbaughman741There's also a fork of tmk_firmware with Ergodox support. TMK supports Mouse clicks/movement/scrolling via keys.
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