RE: Half-QWERTY keyboard minor mode

[Corey Foote]

Thanks! It works now. The only problem is I can't seem to type a space while in right-hand-qwerty mode.

> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:53:39 -0300
> From: hugows@gmail.com
> To: coreyfoote@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Half-QWERTY keyboard minor mode
>
> Oh, Please eval (require 'cl) before, then :)
>
> Cheers
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Corey Foote <coreyfoote@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, when I evaluate that I get:
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function second)
> > (second key)
> > (concat "SPC " (second key))
> > (list (quote kbd) (concat "SPC " (second key)))
> > (list (quote local-set-key) (list (quote kbd) (concat "SPC " ...)) (list
> > (quote lambda) nil (quote ...) (list ... ...)))
> > (\` (local-set-key (kbd ...) (lambda nil ... ...)))
> > (eval (\` (local-set-key ... ...)))
> > (while --dolist-tail-- (setq key (car --dolist-tail--)) (eval (\` ...))
> > (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))
> > (let ((--dolist-tail-- keypairs) key) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq key
> > ...) (eval ...) (setq --dolist-tail-- ...)))
> > (dolist (key keypairs) (eval (\` ...)))
> > (let ((keypairs ...)) (dolist (key keypairs) (eval ...)) (local-set-key
> > (kbd "SPC SPC") (lambda nil ... ...)))
> > (defvar right-hand-qwerty (let (...) (dolist ... ...) (local-set-key ...
> > ...)) "Non-nil if Right-Hand-Qwerty mode is enabled.\nUse the command
> > `right-hand-qwerty' to change this variable.")
> > (progn (defvar right-hand-qwerty (let ... ... ...) "Non-nil if
> > Right-Hand-Qwerty mode is enabled.\nUse the command `right-hand-qwerty' to
> > change this variable.") (make-variable-buffer-local (quote
> > right-hand-qwerty)))
> > (progn (progn (defvar right-hand-qwerty ... "Non-nil if Right-Hand-Qwerty
> > mode is enabled.\nUse the command `right-hand-qwerty' to change this
> > variable.") (make-variable-buffer-local ...)) (defun right-hand-qwerty
> > (&optional arg) "Qwerty for right-hand only typing." (interactive ...) (setq
> > right-hand-qwerty ...) (run-hooks ... ...) (if ... ...)
> > (force-mode-line-update) right-hand-qwerty) :autoload-end nil
> > (add-minor-mode (quote right-hand-qwerty) (quote nil) (if ... ...)))
> > (define-minor-mode right-hand-qwerty "Qwerty for right-hand only typing."
> > (let (...) (dolist ... ...) (local-set-key ... ...)))
> > eval((define-minor-mode right-hand-qwerty "Qwerty for right-hand only
> > typing." (let (...) (dolist ... ...) (local-set-key ... ...))))
> > eval-last-sexp-1(nil)
> > eval-last-sexp(nil)
> > call-interactively(eval-last-sexp)
> >
> >> From: hugows@gmail.com
> >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:30:55 -0700
> >> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >> Subject: Re: Half-QWERTY keyboard minor mode
> >>
> >> On 29 set, 11:44, Corey Foote <coreyfo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi everybody,
> >> >
> >> > I injured my left hand the other day, so I'm typing one
> >> > handed until it recovers. I was wondering if it would be possible to
> >> > create an Emacs
> >> > minor mode which would allow half-QWERTY typing on a regular keyboard.
> >> > (The way half-QWERTY typing works is you hit SPACE-y for t, SPACE-u for r,
> >> > etc. For details on the half-QWERTY keyboard
> >> > see:http://www.billbuxton.com/matiasHCI96.html#c2)I'mnot much of a LISP
> >> > programmer, so any help I could get on this
> >> > would be most appreciated. Once the minor mode is complete, I will put
> >> > the
> >> > source code on the Emacs wiki accessibility section. Thanks!
> >> >
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> >> Something like this seems to work:
> >>
> >> (define-minor-mode right-hand-qwerty
> >> "Qwerty for right-hand only typing."
> >> (let ((keypairs '(("q" "p") ("w" "o"))))
> >> (dolist (key keypairs)
> >> (eval `(local-set-key (kbd ,(concat "SPC " (second key))) (lambda
> >> () (interactive) (insert ,(first key))))))
> >> (local-set-key (kbd "SPC SPC") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "
> >> ")))))
> >>
> >> This helps you?
> >> -Hugo
> >
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