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Questions tagged [keyboard]

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How can I check if a user has pressed a button while a function is running?

I have a function that automatically runs after the user does some action. However, the function takes a long time to complete. This means Emacs becomes unresponsive for a short time after every input. To fix this, I'd like to check whether the user…
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Unicode input from keyboard (QMK) to Emacs

I have setup my QMK-enabled keyboard to output Unicode characters. In short, that was adding UNICODE_ENABLE = yes line to the rules.mk file and adding the following two lines to the config.h file. #define UNICODE_SELECTED_MODES UC_LNX, UC_OSX,…
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make macOS terminal emacs keyboard usage consistent with emacs GUI — for meta+shift+up/down

I've enabled the macOS's terminal preference "Use Option as Meta key" but seem unable to have emacs behave in the terminal as it does when running the GUI. I have the following use-package definition for drag-stuff: (use-package drag-stuff :ensure…
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How to "swap" only the numerical row of a keyboard inside Emacs?

My question is: when I am editing (La)TeX code, regularly I need to type the famous dollar signs in order to put mathematical code ($x^2+y^2=z^2$), a very frequent thing indeed. Therefore, I would like to change the keyboard input inside Emacs…
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Keyboard with CTRL left of A

Are there any "reasonably priced" :-) keyboards with the Ctrl key to the left of the A key? I know I can remap keys, both in Emacs and in the host OS, but I'm looking for something in hardware. That way, I get the Ctrl key where I want it, even if I…
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How to provide keyboard input programmatically for org-export-dispatch UI in elisp?

The org-export-dispatch command in org-mode (C-c C-e) brings up an UI from which one can, e.g. select l and l to export the .org file to latex format. My question is: Can one use elisp to fix the input to l and l programmatically in order to get the…
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Alternative keyboards in Spacemacs

Update 2020-12-22: I have answered the question. Please see below. I have fcitx installed on a Linux environment. According the to fcitx-diagnose it is correctly installed. I am using the us-alt-intl keyboard to access diacritics in other language…
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Sometimes Emacs gets stuck with non-working capslock key

I'm using Emacs 26.1 on Windows 10. Sometimes, the capslock key stops working: The key is activated but typing letters does not result in capital letters being inserted into a buffer. It works with the number keys above the regular keys…
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Meta-based navigation + shift-selection

Say I have beginning-of-line bound to M-a. At least for me, holding shift gives: M-S-a translates to M-A translates to M-a and emacs doesn't do any shift selection. It's the same when binding keys -- I gotta bind M-A, binding M-S-a doesn't work. Why…
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any 'binding-change-hook'?

Is there any hook that runs every time a keyboard binding is created/added? Here's my problem: I use dvorak and also another layout(some exotic utf8 script) both at system level. And I've got used to dvorak layout(without input-change) for my…
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Is there a manual on which fingers to use when using keyboard keys?

Context: Right now, in my late twenties, I decided to really learn and use touch typing (sad, I know). Until now, I have survived typing moderately fast, but not using the correct technique. Also, I am trying to learn touch typing after already…
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Is the Hyper modifier key usable on non-X11 platforms?

I have a hyper modifier setup, however I was wondering if it's possible to use this on any windowing systems besides X11, for example: macOS Wayland Win32 The terminal.
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compose key stopped working

im running emacs 26.1 on debian with xfce, and have no alternative input methods installed. my compose key recently stopped working in emacs. i get the dreaded is undefined error. i'm aware…
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How does one type or on a keyboard (in Emacs)?

I recently came across these two keybindings in someone else's config and haven't seen them before. I have a US qwerty keyboard, a Kinesis Freestyle Pro. I know where the control, C, key is, and I see a Menu key in the left auxilliary cluster of my…
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Using 122 key keyboards with Emacs

Does using a 122-key keyboard make it easier to use Emacs, in relation to having more keys to bind commands to? I am thinking of the various models on offer from Unicomp specifically.
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