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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: PewMcDaddy on Wed, 29 February 2012, 12:03:56
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I had a hard time naming the thread, so let me describe the problem:
On a choc noppoo mini: when I press the backslash key (above enter) and the apostrophe key rapidly (in LaTeX, \'a produces à, and \[ ... \] is a very used part of the language) the backslash key is doubled:
\\'\\'\\'\\'\]\\]\\]\\]\\\[\\[\\[\\[\[\[\[\\[
\\;\\;\\;\\;\\.\\.\\.\\.\\/\\/\\/\\/\\,\\,\\,\-\\-\\-\\=\\=\\=\
doubles when done with -=][';/., (the keys to the right of the alphanumerical keys)
Every time I was pressing the backslash key only once, the times when it wasn't doubled were when I was doing it more slowly.
It doesn't double when I do it with the other keys
\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\m\m\m\m\mm\m\m\m\m\m\mm\m\
I am not using autohotkey right now. (I know it can do some funny things)
As I wrote this I noticed something, if I press one of the cursed keys while the backslash key is still pressed, it makes a second backslash appear. Maybe when I go fast, I press the next key before I release the backslash key.
Pressing keys while holding down backslash key
\asdfaszxcvzbgfhgfhjlkpyuoi87907856732341231dfasdzxvzcxvc
\a]\\\[\\'\]\\\[\\'\]\\\[\\'\]\\\[\\'\]\\\[\\;l\.
I noticed this today while working on Linux, so I will bring the keyboard back home with me tonight say if it does the same on windows.
I will also bring my filco to school to try it on Linux and see if that happens with it too.
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I checked on my windows PC yesterday, no matter how fast I do it or if I keep backslash pressed the whole time, the problem doesn't occur. So I assume that my switches are working properly.
I would assume, as has been suggested elsewhere that this doubling is the result of the voodoo used to make the Noppoo n-key rollover.
Since the cursed keys are all to be typed using the right pinky, doubling of keys will serve as punishment for not typing properly.
P.S. Thanks for the fast response, I checked the threads you mentioned and voted for you in the last one.
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Ha, it looks like I'm talking to myself.