https://github.com/qguv/vim-clutch

a hardware pedal for hyperoptimized vi-style text editing implemented on an Arduino
https://github.com/qguv/vim-clutch

arduino radical sustain-pedal trash useless vaporwave vim

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a hardware pedal for hyperoptimized vi-style text editing implemented on an Arduino

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/qguv/vim-clutch
• Owner: qguv
• Created: 2016-02-11T16:18:01.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-02-11T16:42:43.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-02T18:56:20.480Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Topics: arduino, radical, sustain-pedal, trash, useless, vaporwave, vim
• Language: Arduino
• Homepage:
• Size: 1000 Bytes
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# vim-clutch

### where elitists go to die

what is it:

  - it's a hardware footpedal for (n)vim that goes into insert mode when you

    press it and returns to normal mode when you release it

  - so just press down to type real words in vim

  - literally the epitome of overengineering

  - I hate myself for writing it

  - like you'll never be able to type 'i' again

  - works regardless of keyboard layout

how to build it:

  - flash `vim-clutch.ino` to an Arduino Micro or another HID arduino-compatible microcontroller

  - connect a normally-open switch across digital pin 3 and ground

  - append `append_vimrc.txt` to your vimrc (for vim) or init.vim (for nvim)

how to use it:

  - depress the pedal to enter insert mode; release to return to normal mode

  - if you're already in insert mode (e.g. via `a`, `I`, `A`, `o`, `O`), you can (and should) press the pedal down so that you can type escape by releasing it once you're done

  - feel bad about the extent to which you find optimization necessary

  - did you really save any time?