Wondering if there are any keypads, or keyboards with dedicated keypad areas, that can be programmed to type entire blocks of code with a single key press.
I've seen some devices that have character limits per-key, around 24 chars or so. Hoping there are some with much higher, not necessarily infinite, allowable characters per-key.
Also would ideally like for it to have a sizeable amount of flash ROM onboard to save the macros to, rather than relying on software for anything other than initial setup, so it can be portable PnP and work with multiple devices driver/software free.
Another nice feature to have would be a row of profile swapping keys, so a 20 key device could have the top 4 dedicated to swapping between profiles, effectively making the remaining 16 good for 64 different uses to keep the size compact.
I'd probably use it for things as simple as <p></p> etc. tags ending with a number of left keystrokes to place the cursor in an ideal position, to something that can spit out an entire xhtml doctype header/template with a single stroke, or entire functions if needed.
Doesn't have to be anything mass produced from a major brand, nor does it need to be mechanical, rubber dome is fine.
I've seen some devices that have character limits per-key, around 24 chars or so. Hoping there are some with much higher, not necessarily infinite, allowable characters per-key.
Also would ideally like for it to have a sizeable amount of flash ROM onboard to save the macros to, rather than relying on software for anything other than initial setup, so it can be portable PnP and work with multiple devices driver/software free.
Another nice feature to have would be a row of profile swapping keys, so a 20 key device could have the top 4 dedicated to swapping between profiles, effectively making the remaining 16 good for 64 different uses to keep the size compact.
I'd probably use it for things as simple as <p></p> etc. tags ending with a number of left keystrokes to place the cursor in an ideal position, to something that can spit out an entire xhtml doctype header/template with a single stroke, or entire functions if needed.
Doesn't have to be anything mass produced from a major brand, nor does it need to be mechanical, rubber dome is fine.
