Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

plazman30 OP t1_j2wtys3 wrote

Reply to comment by BrettAus05 in Now that I have used VIAL, I can't use VIA any more. by plazman30

I launch apps with it.

I use it to enter my strong and complicated password into my password manager. Before VIA/VIAL, I used a weaker, but still somewhat secure password. Now it's 100 characters of pure random garbage.

I have a bunch of text files for work that I do routine search and replace in. Now I can do that by pressing one key that launches the app, loads the file, does a replace and saves the file.

3

BrettAus05 t1_j30bh54 wrote

Cheers for the reply. I’ll consider a macro pad now.

I’m tossing up what to buy as I’d like a full size hot swap keyboard. Being in Australia, choices are quite limited compared to smaller form factors at the moment. I need a numpad as I’m just use to using one day to day. A macro pad plus TKL might be the go… 👍

2

plazman30 OP t1_j31pe20 wrote

Check out Keychron.

https://www.keychron.com.au/products/keychron-v6-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard

https://keychron.com.au/products/keychron-v5-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard

They're a Chinese company, so you should be able to order them online for shipping to Australia.

These keyboards run QMK/VIA. I think there may be community VIAL builds.

The other option is to keep your existing keyboard and buy a programmable macro pad.

2