Author Topic: Vim Escape Key (Read 29586 times)

mtl · « **Reply #50 on:** Wed, 06 April 2011, 19:24:12 »

I updated the original post with current order details. Signature Plastics today confirmed the SVG file is acceptable. At 50+ key caps, the cost goes down to US$2.67 per cap.

Still looking for a volunteer to handle payments and distribution.

Thanks!

HaveANiceDay · « **Reply #51 on:** Wed, 06 April 2011, 20:10:09 »

I'd get one too.

mtl · « **Reply #52 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 11:59:50 »

Thanks everyone for jumping on board with this so quickly.

7bit and iMav have graciously allowed us to add the Vim key to the Round 3 group buy (order id: VIM), which solves the payment and distribution problem. The price of the key caps are $3.50 each. The small extra cost goes to PayPal fees and handling by iMav.

7bit tells me you should all be receiving an invoice soon!

We're ordering 50 Vim keys, so there are still a few left if you want to order them!

DaemonRaccoon · « **Reply #53 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 12:19:43 »

Uhh... my name's spelled wrong. You're missing a 'c', that might cause a problem for 7bit if he doesn't catch it.

HaaTa · « **Reply #54 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 12:21:54 »

Oooo, that's why I got another invoice today

.

NOMiS · « **Reply #55 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 13:14:16 »

Is that 3.50 shipped? Also I'm pretty sure it's against paypal tos to charge extra to cover their charges. Also what the heck is the group buy 3 thing, and what do I need to do. JUST TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY.

NOMiS · « **Reply #56 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 13:22:41 »

Yeah I looked at the thread, and I have no idea wtf is going on.

7bit_vote · « **Reply #57 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 14:10:34 »

Quote from: NOMiS;326218

Is that 3.50 shipped? Also I'm pretty sure it's against paypal tos to charge extra to cover their charges. Also what the heck is the group buy 3 thing, and what do I need to do. JUST TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY.

2.67-3.5 == -.83

Shipping from SP to iMav, taking the key out of a bag labeled "Vim key" and putting it into a bag labeled "NOMiS" and ship it with all the other Round 3 keys should be worth $0.83 per key!

NOMiS · « **Reply #58 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 14:11:50 »

Quote from: 7bit_vote;326240

2.67-3.5 == -.83

Shipping from SP to iMav, taking the key out of a bag labeled "Vim key" and putting it into a bag labeled "NOMiS" and ship it with all the other Round 3 keys should be worth $0.83 per key!

So it does have shipping included?

7bit · « **Reply #59 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 14:18:12 »

Quote from: NOMiS;326241

So it does have shipping included?

Only from SP to iMav. The rest comes on top of it. The original $2.67 did not include shipping either.

BTW: For such mini-orders, maybe there is a cheaper way to ship instead of the usual $5.25, if you are located in the US.

NOMiS · « **Reply #60 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 14:41:06 »

Wait a minute, it costs 12 dollars to ship two key caps? The original geek hack keys were shipped from germany and cost 10usd total for two keycaps.

7bit · « **Reply #61 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 15:07:11 »

Quote from: NOMiS;326257

Wait a minute, it costs 12 dollars to ship two key caps? The original geek hack keys were shipped from germany and cost 10usd total for two keycaps.

The original Geek Hack key ships from US. Don't know how much iMav charges for shipping costs to (I assume) Canada.

As I said, I try to find a cheaper method for such a mini-order, but I don't know if it exist for international shipping.

komar007 · « **Reply #62 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 15:12:50 »

Do you know how these caps are going to be sent?

I'm thinking, maybe just putting the key into an envelope with some air bubble film and sending it via regular mail will be cheaper, if this is not what iMav is actually going to do.

I got an invoice with $14 shipping cost which is 4 times the cost of the keycap;)

7bit · « **Reply #63 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 15:23:00 »

Quote from: komar007;326264

Do you know how these caps are going to be sent?

I'm thinking, maybe just putting the key into an envelope with some air bubble film and sending it via regular mail will be cheaper, if this is not what iMav is actually going to do.

I got an invoice with $14 shipping cost which is 4 times the cost of the keycap;)

I ask iMav how he handles the monthly Geek Hack key buys ...

NOMiS · « **Reply #64 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 16:23:07 »

Uhm the original geekhack key was shipped by sixty iirc. Anyway, for those it cost $10 for 2. I just don't want to pay something absurd like $12 to ship these.

mtl · « **Reply #65 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 17:00:56 »

Quote from: DaemonRaccoon;326187

Uhh... my name's spelled wrong. You're missing a 'c', that might cause a problem for 7bit if he doesn't catch it.

Thanks, I'll fix it in the OP. Hopefully 7bit has responded to you.

Quote from: NOMiS;326218

Is that 3.50 shipped? Also I'm pretty sure it's against paypal tos to charge extra to cover their charges. Also what the heck is the group buy 3 thing, and what do I need to do. JUST TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY.

The group buy has four shipping options:

Code: [Select]

     USA       $5.25
     CAN/MEX  $12
     World    $14
     Moon $50,000

Joining with Round 3 is good for some, since they're already paying shipping charges for Round 3, and can get the Vim key caps without an extra shipping charge. If you're not in Round 3 already, then the ship charge seems high. If you can work out a lower-cost option with 7bit and iMav, then that would be best. Otherwise, I would only suggest buying the vim key if you find it a good value for what you're getting.

Ordering through the group buy seems hard, but the basic steps are easy. Send a PM to 7bit_vote, with any subject, and the following in the body:

Code: [Select]

VIM 
EMAIL

Within a day or so, you'll receive an email with payment instructions. Follow the instructions, making sure to add your order number to the PayPal message, and you'll receive your key caps in a few weeks. Signature Plastics will produce the keys, send them to iMav, and he'll distribute them to everyone in the group.

I asked 7bit and iMav for help since they have a great process set up for payment and distribution, and that was the final missing piece to making the vim escape key happen. They were super helpful, and my hat's off to both of 'em! Signature Plastics was cool about it too, and it's not delaying Round 3 at all.

I hope the sudden merging with Round 3 didn't shock people too much. I think it will work out great in the end.

timbro · « **Reply #66 on:** Thu, 07 April 2011, 21:04:56 »

put me down for 1

Dejital · « **Reply #67 on:** Thu, 14 April 2011, 22:30:32 »

Are these still available? 7bit_vote seems to ignore every VIM order I place. The last invoice I got was for everything I ordered but the VIM key. :O

NOMiS · « **Reply #68 on:** Fri, 15 April 2011, 00:26:23 »

They are sold out according to his posts.

Dejital · « **Reply #69 on:** Fri, 15 April 2011, 00:28:34 »

Quote from: NOMiS;331183

They are sold out according to his posts.

Aww, too bad. But that it explains it, thanks!

daerid · « **Reply #70 on:** Wed, 18 May 2011, 13:47:21 »

I'd still like an update. I've responded to the last PM he sent about my invoice with my shipping information, but haven't heard back yet. I'd love to pay for my order, just don't know where to send the moneys

daerid · « **Reply #71 on:** Thu, 19 May 2011, 01:08:13 »

Quote from: harrison;348097

re-read the PM. there's an address provided to paypal the funds too.

That said, I provided payment, and just received another invoice asking for payment again.

Just re-read the PM. No payment details provided

daerid · « **Reply #72 on:** Thu, 26 May 2011, 11:02:33 »

Aaaaaaaaaand still no response from 7bit/7bit_vote (which is it?)

DaemonRaccoon · « **Reply #73 on:** Thu, 26 May 2011, 11:14:58 »

7bit is the one to ask, 7bit_vote is basically a bot.

daerid · « **Reply #74 on:** Thu, 26 May 2011, 21:01:15 »

Haven't heard from either

hashbaz · « **Reply #75 on:** Sat, 16 July 2011, 04:05:52 »

I'm brand new to geekhack and an avid vim user. Is there any interest in another round of vim keys?

hashbaz · « **Reply #76 on:** Sat, 16 July 2011, 13:18:45 »

I see now that this was merged into a (much) larger order. Word seems to be that another such order won't happen this year.

daerid · « **Reply #77 on:** Sat, 16 July 2011, 22:40:04 »

I finally got my caps. They're amazing. Although, I think next round I'm going to try to get some VIM keys that match the profile of my Filcos

NOMiS · « **Reply #78 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 14:18:50 »

Yeah why are these spherical, I payed 20$ for 2 keycaps I don't even like now.

iMav · « **Reply #79 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 14:23:46 »

Quote from: NOMiS;383447

Yeah why are these spherical, I payed 20$ for 2 keycaps I don't even like now.

I, personally, think they are awesome...wish I had ordered a couple!

daerid · « **Reply #80 on:** Thu, 21 July 2011, 11:33:30 »

Were there any DCS profile Vim caps made?

grasshopper · « **Reply #81 on:** Sun, 24 July 2011, 08:14:05 »

I think this is an excellent idea. If there is another group buy in the future then I'd definitely be interested in participating. However, if you're going to give your keyboard a Vim theme then I think it makes more sense to produced a full set of Vim keys. For example, the HJKL keys could be made in matching green and have direction arrow symbols on them.

NOMiS · « **Reply #82 on:** Sun, 24 July 2011, 10:01:10 »

Quote from: iMav;383451

I, personally, think they are awesome...wish I had ordered a couple!

Well they're still cool novelty keys, but I probably wont put them on my keyboard.

xwhatsit · « **Reply #83 on:** Sun, 24 July 2011, 22:28:03 »

Anybody got a picture of the finished article? If there's a picture in the main group buy thread I don't think I can be arsed finding it (how many pages is it up to now!?).

palindrome · « **Reply #84 on:** Sun, 24 July 2011, 23:11:58 »

Quote from: xwhatsit;386531

Anybody got a picture of the finished article?

I think I saw a picture of it here.

hashbaz · « **Reply #85 on:** Mon, 25 July 2011, 01:21:15 »

Quote from: grasshopper;386165

I think this is an excellent idea. If there is another group buy in the future then I'd definitely be interested in participating. However, if you're going to give your keyboard a Vim theme then I think it makes more sense to produced a full set of Vim keys. For example, the HJKL keys could be made in matching green and have direction arrow symbols on them.

Yeah! Color-coordinating groups of related hotkeys could be cool: F, T, comma, and semicolon; X, Y, and P; D, C, W, and E; 0 and 4; slash, asterisk, and question mark. Maybe blanks in place of E, M, A, C, and S?

Could include "Vim Apprentice" pack with arrow keys replaced by appropriate variants of:

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I imagine most people with the vim key from Round 3 have it in place of ESC, but I think it would be good in the F1 spot, allowing for bright, matching I, ESC, and colon keys. Maybe F2-F12 could be replaced with "V I - I M P R O V E D".

That last idea is probably terrible.

sordna · « **Reply #86 on:** Mon, 25 July 2011, 23:05:26 »

Quote from: hashbaz;386616

Yeah! Color-coordinating groups of related hotkeys could be cool: F, T, comma, and semicolon; X, Y, and P; D, C, W, and E; 0 and 4; slash, asterisk, and question mark. Maybe blanks in place of E, M, A, C, and S?

Could include "Vim Apprentice" pack with arrow keys replaced by appropriate variants of:

(Attachment Link) 22200[/ATTACH]

I imagine most people with the vim key from Round 3 have it in place of ESC, but I think it would be good in the F1 spot, allowing for bright, matching I, ESC, and colon keys. Maybe F2-F12 could be replaced with "V I - I M P R O V E D".

That last idea is probably terrible.

All of this is possible for less than $50, check this thread talking about wasdkeyboards.com !!!

hashbaz · « **Reply #87 on:** Tue, 26 July 2011, 01:55:57 »

Quote from: sordna;387201

All of this is possible for less than $50, check this thread talking about wasdkeyboards.com !!!

Took a quick stab. The designer is a little frustrating to use, but still way impressive that it exists at all.

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hashbaz · « **Reply #88 on:** Mon, 01 August 2011, 22:16:09 »

Round 4 is underway. Moar vim keys?

Xuan · « **Reply #89 on:** Tue, 02 August 2011, 01:08:23 »

Quote from: hashbaz;387299

Took a quick stab. The designer is a little frustrating to use, but still way impressive that it exists at all.

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I would like to have a standard color layout with additional upfront ninja style labels with the main function of that key.
Something like "Record", "Word", "End", "Replace", etc.
Or a second label color like the APL Model M would work.

This could be done for BS asking Unicomp a custom set.

hate · « **Reply #90 on:** Tue, 02 August 2011, 06:01:39 »

Quote from: hashbaz;387299

Took a quick stab. The designer is a little frustrating to use, but still way impressive that it exists at all.
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my eyes ... they hurt

Quote from: Xuan;391440

I would like to have a standard color layout with additional upfront ninja style labels with the main function of that key.
Something like "Record", "Word", "End", "Replace", etc.
Or a second label color like the APL Model M would work.
This could be done for BS asking Unicomp a custom set.

excellent idea, i would prefer the second label color (must be in matching green) way more than ninja.

ill try to make a mock up based on this when ill have some spare time
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sordna · « **Reply #91 on:** Tue, 02 August 2011, 11:57:54 »

Note that WASDkeyboards clarified he can only do etching (engraving) no colored fonts. The only color choice available is the keycap itself. Any letters or symbols will be engraved. I think lately he was saying he can also do the front face of keys for an extra charge, so I guess this allows up to 3 labels on each keycap.

Xuan · « **Reply #92 on:** Tue, 02 August 2011, 16:53:40 »

started a poll.

daerid · « **Reply #93 on:** Wed, 03 August 2011, 09:42:36 »

Quote from: sordna;391607

Note that WASDkeyboards clarified he can only do etching (engraving) no colored fonts. The only color choice available is the keycap itself. Any letters or symbols will be engraved. I think lately he was saying he can also do the front face of keys for an extra charge, so I guess this allows up to 3 labels on each keycap.

He can do engraved ninja style?

sordna · « **Reply #94 on:** Wed, 03 August 2011, 10:27:03 »

Yes, front face == ninja style
however for whatever option is not listed in the designer, you need to make your request over email.

Xuan · « **Reply #95 on:** Wed, 03 August 2011, 11:29:17 »

he charges $25 more I think

NOMiS · « **Reply #96 on:** Thu, 04 August 2011, 17:55:01 »

This thread needs pictures:

mtl · « **Reply #97 on:** Fri, 05 August 2011, 07:25:55 »

Looks great with black blanks, NOMiS. With Round 3 standard kit:

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hashbaz · « **Reply #98 on:** Thu, 18 August 2011, 16:33:05 »

Anyone interested in a regular-profile vim key for Round 4?

typetypetype · « **Reply #99 on:** Thu, 18 August 2011, 20:57:16 »

Definitely interested in a vim key. Would love a complete vim set.

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Author Topic: Vim Escape Key (Read 29586 times)