Kinesis Savant Elite2 Foot Pedal
Kinesis Savant Elite2 Triple Foot Pedal
Kinesis Savant Elite2 Triple Foot Pedal
I got asked about foot pedal a lot.
![kinesis pedal 20191124 gy59b-s1039x779](kinesis/kinesis_pedal_20191124_gy59b-s1039x779.jpg)
What Does it Do?
- By default, the 3 pedals act as mouse clicks. Left pedal = left click, middle pedal = left click double click, right pedal = right click.
- Pedal can be programed to do any key action, key macro, or mouse clicks. (but not as modifier keys such as Shift or Control)
- Pedal's resistance is adjustable.
![kinesis pedal 20191124 3yzzx-s](kinesis/kinesis_pedal_20191124_7wwym.jpg)
Pedal Does Not Work as Control or Alt or Any Modifier Key
First, know that you cannot use the pedal as a modifier key, such as Shift Ctrl Alt ❖ Window ⌘ command keys.
This is actually good, because holding down a key, or keep pressing the pedal, is tiring. More importantly, you don't get confused with gas pedal when driving a car. There is a story of a teen gamer who used a pedal for “push to talk”. One day, he's in his car with mom, and he pushed to talk.
Use as Single Key System-Wide Functions
I recommend to use foot pedal for the following commands
- Copy
- Paste
- Select All
or
- Previous window, Next window
- Previous/Next tab.
- Toggle Fullscreen. (AutoHotkey: Toggle Maximize Window (Fullscreen))
Note: the shortcut keys may be different depending on your operating system.
Use in Emacs or Vim
In emacs, good use are:
execute-extended-command
【Alt+x】set-mark-command
【Ctrl+Space】keyboard-quit
【Ctrl+g】
Use with Vim, Spacemacs, Evil Mode, xah-fly-keys
For these, a very good use is to set a pedal to switch to command mode, or switch to insert mode.
[see Emacs: Xah Fly Keys 📦]
Use as Leader Key in Key Sequence
I also recommend using it as a leader key in a key sequence. for example, in Emacs: Xah Fly Keys 📦 or evil-mode or spacemacs leader key.
Howard Abrams's Review
Howard Abrams is a well know emacs user and elisp coder.
[Reviewing Kinesis Foot Pedal and Emacs By Howard Abrams. At http://www.howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/kinesis-footpedal.html , accessed on 2016-05-05 ]
Where to Buy
Music Organ Pedals
![organ pedal board](i/organ_pedal_board.jpg)
Have you seen music organ pedal board?
Yes, people can do that. Not hard really, you just need practice, just like typing or even writing with pen. It's a learned skill.