Distraction-Free Writing with the Micro Journal Rev.2 (and Neovim)
10 points by sspaeti
10 points by sspaeti
[[wikilink]] support)I love little devices like this. I use an MNT Pocket Reform as my main travel device for similar reasons - the screen's big enough to get some writing and coding done, but not so big as to be distracting (usually).
How is typing on the Reform like? I recently got an 11" tablet, but its tiny keyboard is driving me wild.
Decent learning curve (it is a tiny ortholinear keyboard after all) but it didn't take me too long to pick it up. (I use a bunch of weird keyboards though.) The keycaps have relatively deep convex profiles for how small they are, which I find does help my fingers keep track of where I am pretty well.
And of course as a low-profile mechanical keyboard it feels very nice compared to any butterfly switch keyboard I've used. You don't normally get that in a device this small.
They're likely smaller keys than on your tablet too though :)
This is so cool. Sadly I can't use non-ergonomic keyboards due to wrist pain. Now, if the keyboard were a separate component so I could pull it apart like a split ergo board... That would be dope
Yeah, its not made for comfortability, and if i write for a while, i feel my wrists too. But its a nice middle ground, and most importamt, a unitaskers that cant do anything, but write. So very good for thinking and just writing. I took the clicky blue switches, the sound is so sadisfying too (IMO, not everyone would agree: D)
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I am in agreement that the info included is actually helpful. I am not sure why we need so much policing of posts, and at the same time overlook obvious rampant company / self promotion in other contexts. 🤷♂️
This looks cool but where are the numbers? I would have a hard time. It's a very weird layout
That's a 48-key, ortholinear layout. It got very popular about a decade ago with the Planck keyboard. There is also a 58-key version that includes a number row at the top. Those are actually on the tamer side of layouts in the "ergo mechanical keyboard" world. You can browse a site like Keyboard Builders' Digest to get an idea of some of the whacky things out there.
On a 48-key layout, the numbers would be on a different "layer". You would access that layer by pressing a layer key, and then the number key. Kind of like how you would press Shift to type an uppercase letter, or a symbol on the number row.
hehe, this is a typewriter setup, so numbers aren't used often. But it's accessible via the up arrow (see Layer 1 - UP (Fn1)), the symbols (!@#$...). are accessible with the arrow down - takes some time to get used to it, but it's actually quite nice, as you don't need to travel much with the finger :)