Bill Clementson and Ingvar Mattsson discussed keyboards and Emacs in their blogs
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I always recommend the
CVT Avant Stellar
keyboard. The tactile feel of this keyboard is pure bliss and it is built like a tank! All keys are reprogrammable.
Accessories shipped with this keyboard:
- Key Puller: Remove key caps with ease.
- Extra Key Caps: Extra Control and Alt key caps that are sloped to fit different rows. Replace the Caps Lock key cap with a Ctrl key cap. Now the "Ctrl key is where god intended it to be, on the left hand side of A", as Jerry Pournelle wrote some years ago.
Of course the
Symbolics keyboard is in a different league, but you need to build yourself an
adapter
to use it with a PC.
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- posted by
vsync
- 2004/10/27 16:24:05
I'm in awe, although $189 provokes a bit of sticker shock.
How does its mechanical action compare to the IBM Model M?
Do the extra function keys send properly unique keycodes, so that I can map them in X11, or do I have to program the keyboard with macros and such? How are those keys labeled? F13-F24 or "Home", "Front", etc?
Do they have an unoffensive keycap that I can replace the Windows one with?
Heavy Duty Keyboard - posted by
Markus Fix
- 2004/10/27 18:24:25
Yes, it's expensive.It's a bit cheaper ($149,-) if you order from http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/en-us/hardware/keyboards/ The Avant Stellar has a feel similar to the IBM Model M. All 24 function keys send proper key codes. Every key is programmable (even without the Windows software), so the function of a key need not depend on OS support. The labeling of the function keys on the left hand side is F11, F12, F1,..,F10. The labeling of the function keys on the top is SF1, .., SF12. It does not come with a replacement key cap for the Windows key.
- posted by
Lorand Bruhacs
- 2004/10/28 11:56:29
The Avant Stellar's name truly precedes its stellar reputation (if you forgive the translingual pun). I bet your daughter likes it too ;)
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