ildonApr 11, 2025
✧✦Catherine✦✧

the logitech keyboard i'm using doesn't have a Break key, which i need for Kd's Ctrl+Break keybinding

the logitech keyboard has an interface that lets you configure actions for certain keys

this interface doesn't let you pick Break from a list, but lets you enter a shortcut...

... by pressing the keys you want

so i plugged in a second keyboard, with a Break key on it, and used that. it worked.

upsetting

Apr 11, 2025 at 8:50pmWeb
Show threadToy DragonApr 11, 2025
@whitequark as a heads up for future shenanigans, windows onscreen keyboard (at least the win10 version) has a full keyboard, including the elusive pause/break key
Show threada kilo of saucepans (rakslice)Apr 11, 2025
@whitequark based on my experience in the '00s if you've installed the logitech software, that was your first mistake...
Show threada kilo of saucepans (rakslice)Apr 12, 2025
@whitequark the thing with there being no real rationale in Windows for what software is allowed to use what stack space when there are hooks going on and early x86_64 windows effectively multiplying the memory use at each level of call was a really bad scene, but some vendors stepped in it more than others
Show thread8bitApr 11, 2025
@whitequark from the same company that made G HUB, where they give you a giant list of every key possible, truly amazing
Show threadelectron band gap moeApr 11, 2025
@whitequark my first guess would have been the windows on screen keyboard; I've had to use that a couple times to press caps lock
Show threaddmi 💽 Apr 11, 2025
@whitequark oh but surely you’d want an “AI Action”, whatever the fuck that even means
Show threadLeah Apr 11, 2025
@domi @whitequark fuck logitech
hear my  ass out
open source hardware company made by :neocat:s and :neofox:es for :neocat:s and :neofox:es
we make our own keyboard
call it the nyaaa mrrp :3 400
it should have all the way up to f24
and every key imaginable for all the cute flops and kibtys doing silly shit
we should make our own laptop too
embed custom robogirl assistant to cuddle you and help you find yuri
make it come in trans flag colors and enby colors(+every other gender identity ever)
we call it
the :neocat_floof_happy:book
comes pre-installed with :neobot:os
and then we have the greatest tech company that will ever be
Show threadInga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸Apr 11, 2025
@domi @whitequark "Al Action" is when this musician springs at you
Show threadMegabot#33  Apr 11, 2025
@whitequark oh, MX Keys, great keeb, absolutely terrible software
Show threadScott FrazerApr 11, 2025
@whitequark somewhere a Logitech employee closes ticket with the label “working as expected”
Show threadbfjviiApr 11, 2025
@whitequark mind BLOWN
Show threadpagangod (he/him)Apr 12, 2025
@whitequark Clever! I think it would have taken me a long time to come up with that myself, even though I'm familiar with needing to find and plug in a different keyboard.