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Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Fri, 01 April 2011, 22:56:04: This thread is for a group buy of a Vim (http://www.vim.org) escape key.
100[/hr]

Key cap legend:

Key cap specs:
Code: [Select]
Material: ABS Legend type: insert molding (double shot) Color: VCS (body), WA (legend) Family: SA Row: 1 Size: 1x1 Surface: S (semi-matte top and sides)
Votes so far:
HaaTa: 2
gilgam: 2
keyboardlover: 1
Fwiffo: 2
hate: 4
n12: 1
NOMiS: 2
placebo guy: 2
inlikeflynn: 1
harrison: 1
daerid: 2
negidaku: 2
cgoldberg: 1
komar007: 1
DaemonRaccoon: 2
vhaar: 1
mtl: 4
Brodie337: 1
42.tar.gz: 2
blainchen: 2
paat: 1
gohu: 1
DrunkenDonut: 2
HaveANiceDay: 1

Total: 41

Prices:
Cost per key: US$3.50
Shipping: Use Round 3 shipping options! (order key: VIM)

Original post follows.
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I was thinking for the next group buy it would be cool to have a Vim escape key. Maybe a good color for the key is whatever they chose for the shamrock key (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=15514), unless there's something better. Would anyone be interested?

This is what the attached SVG looks like:

This is how it would look in white-on-green:

Update: A version with the whole name 'Vim' can be found on page 2:

This is the source image:
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Hak Foo on Sat, 02 April 2011, 00:07:32: Personally, I'd say it should be the colon key

:wq
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: stupefaction on Sat, 02 April 2011, 04:14:42: The colon isn't a bad idea, but it's clearly less powerful than ESC. Other noteworthy keys are H, J, K, L for navigation, I for insertion, D for deletion, and G for teleportation. However, ESC remains the key to rule all keys.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: n12 on Sat, 02 April 2011, 06:03:21: Definitely dig the white on green.
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Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 02 April 2011, 07:22:50: Someone should tell Haata, he would probably LOVE a key like this.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hate on Sat, 02 April 2011, 08:10:37: white on green looks great, as a vi user im into this.
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Post by: Daniel Beaver on Sat, 02 April 2011, 09:29:34: Interesting! I am not a longtime user by any means, but I am being converted...
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: HaaTa on Sat, 02 April 2011, 12:19:28: *HaaTa's reponse*
(http://nicolasb.com.ar/archivos/2009/05/success_vim.jpg)

I was skeptical at first at how it would look, then I saw the shamrock key...all doubt was washed from my mind.

I'm in for at least a couple!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Sat, 02 April 2011, 12:46:43: Haha that's great :)
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Post by: steeef on Sat, 02 April 2011, 13:18:55: I don't like the idea of putting the vim logo on a key I don't use in vim (inoremap jj ).
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Post by: paat on Sat, 02 April 2011, 13:40:24: Awesome idea. :)
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Post by: Fwiffo on Sat, 02 April 2011, 14:38:06: We could do a ^[ esc key.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: negidaku on Sat, 02 April 2011, 21:57:53: Are the "i" and the "m" too fine to be included as part of the design? I think the "V" looks kind of unbalanced without them.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: wanabe on Sun, 03 April 2011, 01:34:09: Quote from: Fwiffo;323416
We could do a ^[ esc key.

I like this more than the vim logo...it's more l33t
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: gilgam on Sun, 03 April 2011, 09:16:26: i'm in for two

same colors than the shamrock one , what about another profile (thicker plastic with nearly spherical keycap ?)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Sun, 03 April 2011, 11:04:23: Quote from: negidaku;323576
Are the "i" and the "m" too fine to be included as part of the design? I think the "V" looks kind of unbalanced without them.
It was tight so I had to deviate from the source image a little. Notably the serifs on the 'i' and 'm' were too fine, so I drew the letters sans-serif. How's this?

Update: Got some, but not all, serifs. :)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Sun, 03 April 2011, 11:07:14: Quote from: gilgam;323703
i'm in for two

same colors than the shamrock one , what about another profile (thicker plastic with nearly spherical keycap ?)
Sounds good to me. :)

If there's enough interest here it may be possible to do a group buy for just this key, rather than wait for round 4. Anyone have experience ordering from SP?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 03 April 2011, 13:16:42: I'm in for one.
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Post by: Fwiffo on Sun, 03 April 2011, 14:02:13: Quote from: mtl;323767
Update: Got some, but not all, serifs. :)

Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=16604)
Baller, I'm in. So this will be part of Round 4 then?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hate on Sun, 03 April 2011, 17:02:34: Quote from: mtl;323767
Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=16604)

(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8159/goodgood.jpg)

perfect, im up for 4 or more even.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Brodie337 on Sun, 03 April 2011, 19:23:21: You've got my interest...

I'll commit when we've got a final design and pricing.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: zaerst on Sun, 03 April 2011, 20:32:35: Btw, the color code I chose for my shamrock was CVS.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Sun, 03 April 2011, 20:44:29: Quote from: zaerst;324067
Btw, the color code I chose for my shamrock was CVS.
Thank you, zaerst. I've been meaning to ask you that. Did you mean VCS? Also, is the white WA?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: zaerst on Sun, 03 April 2011, 20:54:36: I just said white.
Yes sorry I think its VCS actually, I lost my photo of all the color codes.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Sun, 03 April 2011, 21:29:49: Thanks, zaerst. How do these options sound to everyone interested?

Material: ABS
Legend type: insert molding (double shot)
Color: VCS (body), WA (legend)
Family: SA
Row: 1
Size: 1x1
Surface: S (semi-matte top and sides)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: daerid on Sun, 03 April 2011, 21:30:14: I would rock this if it was the size of the CapsLock key. I have my CL remapped to escape for vim usage :-o
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: n12 on Sun, 03 April 2011, 22:35:41: Would be in for at least one key.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: gilgam on Mon, 04 April 2011, 01:47:19: Quote from: zaerst;324080
I just said white.
Yes sorry I think its VCS actually, I lost my photo of all the color codes.

I got it
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS on Mon, 04 April 2011, 03:55:47: I'm interested in one.
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Post by: placebo guy on Mon, 04 April 2011, 23:28:47: I'll be in for two, unless they're 25 bucks a pop.
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Post by: inlikeflynn on Tue, 05 April 2011, 06:39:08: also interested in 1
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Post by: daerid on Tue, 05 April 2011, 10:33:55: I'm in for two, possibly three, and if there's a possibility of a larger capslock sized variant I'm in for one or two of those as well.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: negidaku on Tue, 05 April 2011, 10:38:10: I'll go in for two.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: kps on Tue, 05 April 2011, 10:39:18: (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8353/hjkl.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/hjkl.jpg/)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: cgoldberg on Tue, 05 April 2011, 11:04:09: i'd be in for 1.
do it as a group buy, rather than round 4! :)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Tue, 05 April 2011, 11:41:10: Quote from: cgoldberg;325005
do it as a group buy, rather than round 4! :)

Great...looks like we have a lot of interest to move ahead with a group buy. Here's the list so far. If you were uncertain about number of caps, I took the lower number from your post:

HaaTa: 2
gilgam: 2
keyboardlover: 1
Fwiffo: 1
hate: 4
n12: 1
NOMiS: 1
placebo guy: 2
inlikeflynn: 1
harrison: 1
daerid: 2
negidaku: 2
cgoldberg: 1
mtl: 4

So far we have a total of 25. I received a quote from Signature Plastics for 30 caps @ US$3.36 per cap, plus a $25 fee for the custom legend. So the total comes out to $125.80, or $4.19 per key. This does not include shipping from SP and shipping to you.

If we got the order up to 40 key caps, it knocks about a dollar off each cap.

Note: I need someone to volunteer to complete the order with SP and handle payments and distribution. I cannot do this part!

Thanks everyone for jumping on board with this!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS on Tue, 05 April 2011, 11:48:55: Great, in that case I'm down for 2 if we are able to reach the $3/key price.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Fwiffo on Tue, 05 April 2011, 12:08:38: Although I was not specific in my previous post, I would certainly want at least two.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: komar007 on Tue, 05 April 2011, 12:39:33: I'm in for one too.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Tue, 05 April 2011, 12:44:45: Quote from: NOMiS;325041
Great, in that case I'm down for 2 if we are able to reach the $3/key price.

+1

One for my RK-9000 and one for my Poker when it arrives.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS on Tue, 05 April 2011, 13:23:11: Same, I decided to opt in on the red alert key set from deskthority for my poker, so this will match the rest of the set nicely.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: vhaarr on Tue, 05 April 2011, 17:43:07: <- this guy, he wants one!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Tue, 05 April 2011, 18:30:13: Quote from: NOMiS;325041
...I'm down for 2 if we are able to reach the $3/key price.
To be specific, if we order 40 key caps it comes out to $3.24 per key, before shipping costs.

I've sent vim3.svg to SP to verify the image is within spec. Here are the updated totals:

HaaTa: 2
gilgam: 2
keyboardlover: 1
Fwiffo: 2
hate: 4
n12: 1
NOMiS: 2
placebo guy: 2
inlikeflynn: 1
harrison: 1
daerid: 2
negidaku: 2
cgoldberg: 1
komar007: 1
DaemonRacoon: 2
vhaar: 1
mtl: 4

Total so far: 31
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Brodie337 on Wed, 06 April 2011, 03:08:38: Gah, stuff it... I'm in!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: 42.tar.gz on Wed, 06 April 2011, 03:13:10: I'll take two.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: blainchen on Wed, 06 April 2011, 03:58:06: I'm in for 2
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Post by: paat on Wed, 06 April 2011, 04:11:38: I'm in for 1
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: gilgam on Wed, 06 April 2011, 06:25:45: Quote from: mtl;325295
To be specific, if we order 40 key caps it comes out to $3.24 per key, before shipping costs.

I've sent vim3.svg to SP to verify the image is within spec. Here are the updated totals:

HaaTa: 2
gilgam: 2
keyboardlover: 1
Fwiffo: 2
hate: 4
n12: 1
NOMiS: 2
placebo guy: 2
inlikeflynn: 1
harrison: 1
daerid: 2
negidaku: 2
cgoldberg: 1
komar007: 1
DaemonRacoon: 2
vhaar: 1
mtl: 4

Total so far: 31

Maybe you should update edit the first post, less confusing.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: gohu on Wed, 06 April 2011, 15:28:20: I'll take one :)
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Post by: DrunkenDonut on Wed, 06 April 2011, 18:43:44: I'll take two
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl 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!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: HaveANiceDay on Wed, 06 April 2011, 20:10:09: I'd get one too.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl 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!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: DaemonRaccoon 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.
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Post by: HaaTa on Thu, 07 April 2011, 12:21:54: Oooo, that's why I got another invoice today :P.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS 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.
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Post by: NOMiS on Thu, 07 April 2011, 13:22:41: Yeah I looked at the thread, and I have no idea wtf is going on.
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Post by: 7bit_vote 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!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS 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?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: 7bit 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.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS 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.
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Post by: 7bit 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.
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Post by: komar007 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;)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: 7bit 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 ...
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS on Thu, 07 April 2011, 16:23:07: Uhm the original geekhack key (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=9525) 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.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl 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:
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USA $5.25 CAN/MEX $12 World $14 Moon $50,000Joining 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 EMAILWithin 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.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: timbro on Thu, 07 April 2011, 21:04:56: put me down for 1
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Post by: Dejital 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
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS on Fri, 15 April 2011, 00:26:23: They are sold out according to his posts.
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Post by: Dejital 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! :)
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Post by: daerid 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 :(
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: daerid 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 :(
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Post by: daerid on Thu, 26 May 2011, 11:02:33: Aaaaaaaaaand still no response from 7bit/7bit_vote (which is it?)
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Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Thu, 26 May 2011, 11:14:58: 7bit is the one to ask, 7bit_vote is basically a bot.
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Post by: daerid on Thu, 26 May 2011, 21:01:15: Haven't heard from either
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Post by: hashbaz 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?
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Post by: hashbaz 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.
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Post by: daerid 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
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Post by: NOMiS 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.
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Post by: iMav 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!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: daerid on Thu, 21 July 2011, 11:33:30: Were there any DCS profile Vim caps made?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: grasshopper 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.
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Post by: NOMiS 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. :(
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: xwhatsit 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!?).
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: palindrome 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 (http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18395&d=1306022726).
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hashbaz 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? :D

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

[ATTACH=CONFIG]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.
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Post by: sordna 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? :D

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

(Attachment) 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 (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20292-Custom-Keyboards-For-Order-Online-in-the-USA-!-!) talking about wasdkeyboards.com (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/) !!!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 26 July 2011, 01:55:57: Quote from: sordna;387201
All of this is possible for less than $50, check this thread (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20292-Custom-Keyboards-For-Order-Online-in-the-USA-!-!) talking about wasdkeyboards.com (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/) !!!

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

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22384[/ATTACH]
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hashbaz on Mon, 01 August 2011, 22:16:09: Round 4 is underway. Moar vim keys?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Xuan 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.

(Attachment) 22384[/ATTACH]

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.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hate 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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Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: sordna 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.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Xuan on Tue, 02 August 2011, 16:53:40: started a poll (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20581-Vim-users-Would-you-buy-a-vim-labeled-key-set).
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: daerid 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?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: sordna 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.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: Xuan on Wed, 03 August 2011, 11:29:17: he charges $25 more I think
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: NOMiS on Thu, 04 August 2011, 17:55:01: This thread needs pictures:

(http://i.imgur.com/JlR5A.jpg)
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: mtl on Fri, 05 August 2011, 07:25:55: Looks great with black blanks, NOMiS. With Round 3 standard kit:

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Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hashbaz on Thu, 18 August 2011, 16:33:05: Anyone interested in a regular-profile vim key for Round 4?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: typetypetype on Thu, 18 August 2011, 20:57:16: Definitely interested in a vim key. Would love a complete vim set.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hashbaz on Fri, 19 August 2011, 00:21:11: Well 7bit has added the vim key to Round 4. What I am talking about is a non-spherical vim key. Anyone interested in that?
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: gilgam on Fri, 19 August 2011, 07:34:42: maybe
i really love the vim spherical key, it higher so easier to reach while touch typing, and the plastic is soft and thicker with this profile ...

by the way i use the cpas lock as an esc key for vil, does anyone do the same?

So if someone wants a vim capslock key, i'm in for three.
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: hashbaz on Fri, 19 August 2011, 11:18:14: I have caps mapped to escape too, and would definitely be in for a vim caps lock. 7bit added non-spherical vim keys to Round 4, yay!
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: gilgam on Sat, 20 August 2011, 02:47:15: Quote from: hashbaz;401679
I have caps mapped to escape too, and would definitely be in for a vim caps lock
Nice
So how many are we ?

Hands up !
two for me,
one for you
Title: Vim Escape Key
Post by: ElbertF on Sat, 10 September 2011, 18:26:54: Quote from: hashbaz;401430
Well 7bit has added the vim key to Round 4. What I am talking about is a non-spherical vim key. Anyone interested in that?

Spherical or non-spherical, I'd like to buy a couple.