Changing or adding keys

[furry3000]

What if I was setting up a mechanical keyboard and I wanted extra keys? I would like to do something similar with other keys also. I believe this would help with my Plover speed. The idea is similar to the LightSpeed steno writer: It has a little bump between keys for hitting two keys at once, easier; https://i0.wp.com/www.stenovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Zenith-II.jpg?ssl=1.
But I would be using a mechanical keyboard.

Example:
Key 1 ........ Key 2 ...... Key3 ...... Key4 .... Key5 .... Key6
A .............. AO ........... O ........... E ........... EU ......... U
(x) .............. (c) ............ (v) ........... (n) ......... (m) ....... (,)

If I Plover had some type of graphic that I would use to make a change, that would be easiest. But I'm willing to do programming lines if I had the instructions to do so.

Please Help,
--Furry3000

[user202729]

This is possible, but definitely not easy to do. You need a new system plugin, and some way to transform the existing dictionary to suit the new system.

Although in this case, I guess making the thumb span 3 keys is not exactly comfortable. You can try using/making some keycap/keytopper instead.

By the way, GitHub issues is not the best place to ask general questions.

[furry3000]

This is possible, but definitely not easy to do. You need a new system plugin, and some way to transform the existing dictionary to suit the new system.

Although in this case, I guess making the thumb span 3 keys is not exactly comfortable. You can try using/making some keycap/keytopper instead.

By the way, GitHub issues is not the best place to ask general questions.

Keycaps didn't work for me. It would just fall off or get in the way. It's easy for me to move the thumb this way: Actually, the thumb is already doing these movements, without a key, since steno uses double keys often. I've been using regular keyboards for decades. I plan to redo the other keys for steno also. I will check out the getting-help section. Hopefully, it's active.

--Furry3000

Edit: The getting help section actually leads back to here. This is the proper place. This section is open to ideas. It would be interesting to see the other responses.

[benoit-pierre]

If the only use case is the one you described (e.g. a key that act as a combo for multiple steno-keys), then you could do that with a custom machine plugin.