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====== Modified NASA keybindings ====== <box 50% red> **Mappings still in progress** </box> <box 100% green > *NOTE*: These are the chords I use. The code of the spiffchorder can be easily modified allowing you to set the chords any way you like. This just happens to be what I am use to. -Greg </box> === A few general notes === As a general rule the spiffchorder is using the standard keybindings were possible. This is a benifit as most of you are coming to chording already familiar with the QWERTY keyboard. As such prefixing a chord with <key>Shift</key> does what you would expect, <key>Shift - ] </key> generates <key> } </key>, <key>Shift - 3</key> generates <key>#</key> and so on. There are lots of chord possibilities, if you look at the nasa_us.h file you will see quite a few empty spaces associated with posible chords. At the same time, this welth of chords offers the oportunity for several chords to generate the same key. For example, there are at least 2 ways to get a Question Mark <key>?</key>, you don't need to learn both, just the one that works for you.(( Near Thumb followed by q or Shift + slash)) There are a number of ways to think about the chords, usually one will make the most sence to you. Here are two ways to chart them out. === Alphabet and Numbers === ^ | Left Hand Chorder |^ | ^ Prefix Chord ^^^ | Right Hand Chorder |^ | ^ | fingers | thumb ^ | none ^ Shift ^ Numb ^ Both ^ | thumb | fingers ^ | ^ |<key>P R M I</key>| <key>N</key><key>%%C%%</key><key>F</key> ^ ^ | <key>F</key> | <key>N</key> | <key>%%C%%</key><key>N</key> ^ | <key>F</key><key>%%C%%</key><key>N</key> |<key>I M R P</key>^ | HINT | ^ in alphabetical order ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>□■■■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | a | A | + ^^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■■■□</key>^ | Addition | ^ |<key>■□□■</key>| ^ | b | B | \ | %%|%% ^ | |<key>■□□■</key>^ | Backslash | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | c | C | 7 | & ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□■■</key>| ^ | d | D | / | ? ^ | |<key>■■□□</key>^ | Division | ^ |<key>□■■■</key>| ^ | e | E | = | + ^ | |<key>■■■□</key>^ | Equal | ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | f | F | 9 | ( ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | g | G | 8 | * ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■■□</key>| ^ | h | H | 00 |^ | |<key>□■■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| ^ | i | I | 2 | @ ^ | |<key>■□□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | j | J | ()((This chord ends by placing you in between the parenthisis)) |^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□■</key>| ^ | k | K | $ |^ | |<key>■□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | l | L | 6 | %%^%% ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■□□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□■■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | m | M | * |^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■■□□</key>^ | Multiply | ^ |<key>■■■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | n | N | [ | { ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■■■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■■■■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | o | O | 0 | ) ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■■■■</key>^ | ZerO | ^ |<key>□■■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | p | P | % |^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■■□</key>^ | Percent | ^ |<key>■■□■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | q | Q | ? |^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■□■■</key>^ | Question | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| ^ | r | R | 3 | # ^ | |<key>□■□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>■■■□</key>| ^ | s | S | - | _ ^ | |<key>□■■■</key>^ | Subtraction | ^ |<key>■■■■</key>| ^ | t | T | 000 |^ | |<key>■■■■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■■□□</key>| ^ | u | U | ""((This chord ends by placing you in between the quotes)) |^ | |<key>□□■■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■■□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | v | V | ] | } ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□■■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| ^ | w | W | 5 | % ^ | |<key>□□□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□□■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | x | X | & |^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■□□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| ^ | y | Y | 4 | $ ^ | |<key>□□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>■■□■</key>| ^ | z | Z | ` | ~ ^ | |<key>■□■■</key>^ | ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>□□□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | space || 1 | ! ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□■■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | [ | { | [ | { ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■■□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | ] | } | ] | } ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■□■</key>^ | ^ In Numerical Order ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>■■■■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | o | O | 0 | ) ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■■■■</key>^ | ZerO | ^ |<key>□□□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | space || 1 | ! ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| ^ | i | I | 2 | @ ^ | |<key>■□□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| ^ | r | R | 3 | # ^ | |<key>□■□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| ^ | y | Y | 4 | $ ^ | |<key>□□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| ^ | w | W | 5 | % ^ | |<key>□□□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | l | L | 6 | %%^%% ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■□□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | c | C | 7 | & ^ |<key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | g | G | 8 | * ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | f | F | 9 | ( ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□□■</key>^ | <columns 100% 50% 50%> ^ Legend ||||| ^ 3 Thumb Keys ^^ ^ 4 Finger Keys || | Outter Thumb (Far) | F ^ | 1^st or (I)ndex Finger | I | | Middle Thumb (Center) | C ^ | 2^nd or (M)iddle Finger | M | | Inner Thumb (Near) | N ^ | 3^rd or (R)ing Finger | R | | |^ | 4^th or (P)inky | P | NEWCOL |{{spiffchorder:finger-id.jpg|}}| </columns> === Punctuation and Modifiers on Near Thumb === These chords work in Default Mode or in Number Mode ^ | Left Hand Chorder ||||^ You can make it ||| Right Hand Chorder ||||^ ^ Hint | ^ | fingers |||| thumb ^ for either hand ||| thumb | fingers |||^ | mnumonic based | ^ |P|R|M|I| N C F ^ | key ^ | F C N | I | M | R | P ^ | on letter chord | ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>■</key>|■|□|□| <key>N</key> ^ | <key>;</key> / <key>:</key> ^ | N | | |X|X^ | ^ | | |X| | N ^ | <key>,</key> / <key>%%<%%</key> ^ | N | |X| | ^ | C = comma | ^ | |X|X| | N ^ | <key>.</key> / <key>%%>%%</key> ^ | N | |X|X| ^ | P = period | ^ | |X|X|X| N ^ | <key>'</key> / <key>"</key> ^ | N |X|X|X| ^ | A = apostrophy | ^ |X| | | | N ^ | <key>Function Key Prefix</key> ^ | N | | | |X^ | ^ | |X| | | N ^ | <key>Esc</key> ^ | N | | |X| ^ | ^ |X|X|X| | N ^ | <key>Alt</key>((Normaly generates Left Alt key, in Number Mode generates Right Alt Key)) ^ | N | |X|X|X^ | ^ |X| | |X| N ^ | <key>Ins</key> ^ | N |X| | |X^ | ^ |X|X| |X| N ^ | <key>Control</key>((Normaly generates Left Control key, in Number Mode generates Right Control Key)) ^ | N |X| |X|X^ | ^ |X|X|X|X| N ^ | <key>Num Mode Lock</key> ^ | N |X|X|X|X^ | ^ |X|X|X|X| NC ^ | <key>NumLck</key>((Conventional keyboard Numlock)) ^ | CN |X|X|X|X^ | ^ | | | | | N F ^ | <key>BREAK</key>((Conventional keyboard Break key)) ^ | N F | | | | ^ | ^ | | | | | NCF ^ | Reset Chorder((Reset to Default Mode)) ^ | NCF | | | | ^ | ==== Motion, Editing and Mouse Emulation on The Far Thumb ==== The outer thumb button,''Far'' in addition to functioning as the shift key has cursor movement chords on it. Pressing ''Far'' and ''Center'' together generates the key codes from the numeric keypad in place of the ones from the keyboard cursor and movement keys. Microsoft Windows and X11R6 (a windowing system used in Linux, BSD Unix, Solaris and other flavors of Unix) both allow the numeric keypad to act as a mouse. This setting is usually found in your systems accessibility settings or control panel. By selecting mouse accessibility the spiffcorder can emulate a mouse in the same crude way a numeric keypad can. Rather than duplicate the entire chart with the only change being the addition of the ''Center'' button, the column labled "Change Thumb to <key>%%C%%</key><key>F</key>" indicates the keypad codes sent by the chorder when the the chord is made with the thumb pressing <key>%%C%%</key><key>F</key> in place of only pressing <key>F</key>. The last column lists the mouse movement or mouse first button action that will be taken if you have set mouse emulation on your computer.((The state of <key>numlock</key> effects the numeric keypad, if you are getting numbers generated by the keypad chords, press <key>numlock</key> to toggle its state.)) ^ | Left Hand Chorder |^ | ^ change thumb ^ | Right Hand Chorder |^ | ^ | fingers | thumb ^ | ^ to <key>%%C%%</key><key>F</key> ^ | thumb | fingers ^ | ^ |<key>P R M I</key>| <key>N</key><key>%%C%%</key><key>F</key> ^ ^ | ^ | <key>F</key><key>%%C%%</key><key>N</key> |<key>I M R P</key>^ | Mouse Emulation((Most Operating Systems allow the numeric keypad to act as the mouse. Consult you OS help to see how to impliment these bindings )) | ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Enter | KP Enter ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□□□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□□□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Left SHIFT | KP Plus ^ | <key>F</key> |<key>□□□□</key>^ | Drag | ^ |<key>■■■■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Caps Lock | KP Insert ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■■■■</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■□■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Tab | KP Minus ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■□■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Backspace | KP Begin ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□■□□</key>^ | Click | ^ |<key>□■■□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Delete | KP Delete ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□■■□</key>^ | Release (from Drag) | ^ |<key>■□■■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Scroll Lock | KP Slash ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■■□■</key>^ | ^ |<key>■□■□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Print Screen | KP Asterisk ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□■□■</key>^ | ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Right Arrow | KP Right Arrow ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□□■□</key>^ | Right | ^ |<key>■■□□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Down Arrow | KP Down Arrow ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□□■■</key>^ | Down | ^ |<key>■■■□</key>| <key>F</key>^ | PgDn | KP PgDn ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>□■■■</key>^ | Down and Right | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Left Arrow | KP Left Arrow ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■□□□</key>^ | Left | ^ |<key>□□■■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Up Arrow | KP Up Arrow ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■■□□</key>^ | Up | ^ |<key>□■■■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | PgUp | KP PgUp ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■■■□</key>^ | Up and Right | ^ |<key>■■□■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | Home | KP Home ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■□■■</key>^ | Up and Left | ^ |<key>■□□■</key>| <key>F</key>^ | End | KP End ^ |<key>F</key> |<key>■□□■</key>^ | Down and Left | ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ | You may need this chord to activate the keypad ^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ |<key>■■■■</key>| <key>N</key><key>%%C%%</key>^ | NUMLOCK |^ | <key>%%C%%</key><key>N</key> |<key>■■■■</key>^ | === Function Keys - Function Mode Prefix === For Function keys, press the <key>Function Mode Prefix</key> chord followed by the number chord for the function key that you want. the numbers for F1-F9 are the regular chords for that number, F10, F11 and F12 have special chords. ^ | Left Hand Chorder |^ | ^ | Right Hand Chorder |^ | ^ | fingers | thumb ^ | ^ | thumb | fingers ^ | ^ |<key>P R M I</key>| <key>N</key><key>%%C%%</key><key>F</key>^ | key ^ | <key>F</key><key>%%C%%</key><key>N</key> |<key>I M R P</key>^ | Hint | ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| <key>N</key> ^ | Func Mode Prefix ^ | <key>N</key> |<key>□□□■</key>^ | ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ |<key>□□□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F1</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□□□</key>^ | 1 | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| ^ | <key>F2</key> ^ | |<key>■□□□</key>^ | 2 | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| ^ | <key>F3</key> ^ | |<key>□■□□</key>^ | 3 | ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| ^ | <key>F4</key> ^ | |<key>□□■□</key>^ | 4 | ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| ^ | <key>F5</key> ^ | |<key>□□□■</key>^ | 5 | ^ |<key>□□□■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F6</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■□□□</key>^ | 6 | ^ |<key>□□■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F7</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■□□</key>^ | 7 | ^ |<key>□■□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F8</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□■□</key>^ | 8 | ^ |<key>■□□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F9</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□□■</key>^ | 9 | ^ |<key>□□■■</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F10</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>■■□□</key>^ | ^ |<key>□■■□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F11</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□■■□</key>^ | ^ |<key>■■□□</key>| <key>%%C%%</key> ^ | <key>F12</key> ^ | <key>%%C%%</key> |<key>□□■■</key>^ | ^ ^^^^^^^^^ <columns 100% 50% 50%> ^ Legend ||||| ^ 3 Thumb Keys ^^ ^ 4 Finger Keys || | Outter Thumb (Far) | F ^ | 1^st or (I)ndex Finger | I | | Middle Thumb (Center) | C ^ | 2^nd or (M)iddle Finger | M | | Inner Thumb (Near) | N ^ | 3^rd or (R)ing Finger | R | | |^ | 4^th or (P)inky | P | NEWCOL |{{spiffchorder:finger-id.jpg|}}| </columns>