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Questions tagged [kinesis-advantage]

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turn off noise on kinesis keyboard caps-lock

Does anyone know the key combo for turning off the beep that the Kinesis Contoured ergonomic keyboard makes when you hit Caps Lock? I know this isn't totally programmer-specific, but everyone I know who has used a Kinesis keyboard is a coder.
Dan
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Is it possible to type the pound sign (£) on an (American) Kinesis Advantage keyboard?

I'm using the United States International keyboard layout, so pressing ' and then o should make an accented ó in Microsoft Windows 10. The problem is that I'm using a Kinesis Advantage keyboard and it doesn't have an Alt Gr and it doesn't have a…
Pablo Fernandez
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Can I stop the keypress beep on my Kinesis Advantage keyboard?

I'm a bit of an ergo freak and recently bought a Kinesis Advantage keyboard. The manual says to press Program+\ but that doesn't stop the keyboard's speaker making that awful noise; in fact it changes nothing :/ Does anyone here have any ideas…
Chuppa Chump
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How to remap Enter key in vim?

I just got a Kinesis Advantage keyboard and want to remap Enter to Esc in insert mode in vim. I'm using iTerm2 as well. Here's what I've got so far: inoremap inoremap jj nnoremap i On startup, this does not work: Enter enters…
thekevinscott
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Kinesis Advantage 2 alt+tab proper macros

In windows when you press alt+tab and you are still holding the alt key - it is a popup window where you can choose window to switch to by pressing Tab key more times (standard behavior). I have done some remapping for alt key at my KA2, like: left…
Tangor
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How to access Alt-Gr in Windows mode in a Kinesis Advantage keyboard?

On page 39 of the Kinesis Advantage keyboard manual it say: When a non-US keyboard driver is selected, the right Alt key on a traditional keyboard becomes a new kind of modifier, “Alt Gr.” Alt Gr creates a third key action (in addition to…
Pablo Fernandez
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Kenesis keyboard: mac command key stopped working

Suddenly my mac command (aka clover key) stopped working. I tried remapping other thumb buttons to it, but it either acts like an option or a control key.
Rose Perrone
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How to program Kinesis Triple Foot Pedals for Advantage Keyboards to simulate mouse clicks? (macOS)

How can I program my Kinesis Triple Foot Pedals for Advantage Keyboards to simulate mouse clicks, so that stepping on the left pedal will simulate a single left mouse click, stepping on the middle pedal will simulate a double left mouse click, and…
Evan Aad
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Workaround issue with Kinesis Advantage, Windows 7 and the Intel USB 3.0 chipset

I have a Kinesis Advantage keyboard that I love and I need to use it on a computer that has Windows 7 Enterprise edition and, apparently, the Intel USB 3.0 chipset that has a bug that causes the keyboard to lock up. I tried workarounding it by…
Pablo Fernandez
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Swap Left Alt and Right Alt on Kinesis Keyboard (or Any Keyboard)

Let me back up my problem a little bit for context. I am trying to use the same modifier-key-plus-letter combination between both vim and tmux so that, if I have a vim pane/whatever on one side and a tmux pane/window on the other I can switch…
Californian
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remap kinesis keyboard with modifier keys

I just purchased a kinesis advantage and would like to remap the "delete" key (delete character right of cursor) to [shift] [Back Space] using [prgrm] [f12 Remap]. This failed as [Shift] is now performing the delete functionality. Is there a way to…
dr jerry
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Kinesis Mac Alt Key

I'm using Kinesis Advantage with my macbook pro retina, mid-2012, OSX Mavericks -- though this has been happening with previous OSX versions too. Every once in a while, my Alt key (mapped to the option key) will magically register a press and stay…
Opt
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Kinesis Advantage2 Windows Menu Key

According to the user manual I should be able to access the Menu Key by first pressing the Keypad button page 14. I think maybe the user manual is out of date. The only thing that happens is the volume keys alternate to other functions like…
soulshined
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When using the Kinesis Advantage keyboard, is it possible to press and hold the thumb keys without them terminating the keystroke?

I am using Mac OS X with a Kinesis Advantage keyboard and having some issues. I generally use Apple+Tab to switch applications, but when I do this with my Kinesis, it only opens the window switch dialog for a moment before closing; I think that the…
foobarfuzzbizz
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Trying to program a Kinesis keyboard (kb133pc) and it is not working as expected

I am trying to program the keyboard but I press Program+f12, the lights start to blink fast. I press the "origin", and the lights should keep blinking, but slower. The problem is that they still blink fast and from this point there is nothing to…
m.etcheverry
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