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fyonn t1_j66ny3x wrote

Wow, an ISO Q9. First one I’ve seen. I even asked keychron for a pic of an iso Q9 and they couldn’t send me one!

I do fancy one. Or do I wait for the V9? Or the V9 pro maybe… :)

Once it’s got the remaining keys installed, can you post another pic?

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j67mtr3 wrote

Sure I'll do it later today. I was also amazed I couldn't find any pics of this online. I'm not usually this adventurous.

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fyonn t1_j67vhfa wrote

Thanks 😊

Keychron have been fairly adventurous with their layouts.. next can we have the q9 with a built in side numpad? 😀

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j67nb22 wrote

But if you are used to ANSI just buy the ANSI version! I noticed too late you can get blue/knb/ansi from Keychron online. I ordered from a shop that only had the Blue/knob variety in ISO.

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fyonn t1_j67va7s wrote

Alas I’m not used to ansi, I’m used to iso. And the missing keys make it awkward to try and use a UK keycap which I want to do as I need to use the £ symbol often enough for it to be a problem.

And I know that you can access the £ symbol on the window’s international keycap but that is annoying for other reasons.

I bought an ansi Q2 and ended up replacing it with an iso board.

I do kinda wish that Mac and windows had an option for a keyboard driver where the symbol/function of every key was entirely defined by the keyboard. So I don’t need to worry about what comes up when I press shift 2, I can define it exactly on the board…

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Signaturisti t1_j6821q9 wrote

>So I don’t need to worry about what comes up when I press shift 2, I can define it exactly on the board…

QMK/VIA let you do exactly those kinds of things

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fyonn t1_j6849pb wrote

Does it? Could I use via to configure a key to be 3 normally but ! when shifted?

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fyonn t1_j68xjlh wrote

just to expand on my previous comment, as I'm now sitting at a keyboard rather than on my phone. yes, I can use QMK or via to configure what scan codes the keyboard sends to the computer, but how those scan codes are interpreted by the OS is at the mercy of the keymap. so for the UK, I configure a button as 3 and the OS decides whether shift-3 is £ or #. I'd like an option for both Mac and windows to allow me to have exactly what character or function every key does configurable from the keyboard alone, and not rely on the keymap to interpret what it thinks I mean.

I know this is a hold-over from back in the days but it feels like something we could fix.

Also, I'd want this key mode to be baked into the OS so that I can still use it on locked down work machines...

PS. incidentally I had to get # from the Mac symbol tool as I have no idea where it is mapped... or even if it is mapped... oh.. it's alt-3 apparently... again, that's a keymap thing, not what I've told the keyboard to generate.

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Signaturisti t1_j680zp3 wrote

Was first ISO Q9 I've seen as well!

If they release a V9 I'll pull the trigger for sure! Nearly 200 EUR (w/ taxes) for such board is just too much!

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fyonn t1_j684lkd wrote

Yeah, that’s where I am too. I do love that it takes normal sized caps though. I have a UT47.2 and none of its cap sizes are bloody annoying! I’m hoping that the forthcoming DSS Lightcycle will be a nice match for them..

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