OK one more whiny tech question. All I want is a numpad, I can program, plug in to a mac that will type (or possibly simply paste, or send to the clipboard) ANY #unicode character that I want.
This sounds simple, it isn't. I thought #duckypad might be it, but it turns out support for unicode isn't in the works, though I'm learning about this "duck script"
Anyone already have this in their lives? Can you type ℝ or ∀ or √ just by tapping keys? #MechanicalKeyboard
@futurebird Could you not setup macros/text replacement? So typing a command like “!sqrt” would get turned into the square root symbol?
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There are hundreds of keyboards that exist that can do this... Any keyboard running the QMK firmware can do this. My own keyboard does this (though mine is a DIY)
QMK stores the unicode in the keyboard?
To clarify you have layers and they support unicode. You can reconfigure individual keys to be any unicode you want quickly and easily via a web app that talks to your keyboard. It works as-is on linux with no drivers. Being open source if you want to get the unicode in there through some unusual means then you have the ability to do that with a little custom coding.
But yea you can pretty much get any unicode on any key you want, ir natively supports unicode characters with a single tap.
I have a "QMK" based keyboard with like 4 layers as my main board, but maybe my mistake is using via to config it ... via has a very limited selection of characters.
But after planning out all the layers and learning them starting over will be... a project.
Ran into the same issue with the duckypad and became despondent.
So it's just going to be a huge pain and mean redoing all the layers again I suspect.
@futurebird
I am somewhat certain you can use via, it jsut doesnt offer the unicode keys on the graphical side.. you would have to select the "any" key on via and then add the unicode keycode directly.. but yea you should be able to do it with via directly.
The caveat is if your keyboard has unicode turned on by default. If it doesnt then you will need to compile one once and then can use VIA.
If you do need to compile your own firmware it is **very** easy and id be happy to help you.
Tried that, can't get it to work. It only allows a limited set of codes when you do that.
You dont add the code directly, The format is UC(<codepoint>) you dont put in the codepoint direct.
The info is here, but it isnt specific to via (but I use via and know it can transfer over if the firmware supports it):
https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/feature_unicode.md
