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I also have two pedals for typing, along with my homemade arduino-based keyboard remapper, but I'm using right pedal for shift, and left for esc, but to be able to switch to insert mode back if I jumped to normal before using pedal, you can just write in your .vimrc

noremap <Esc> i

Works great for me)

This project is really great! I started looking into the build process and the cost. This could be achieved at a lower cost than $10 plus shipping.

Using a guide, like this: http://www.instructables.com/id/USB-foot-controllerlooper/
You could use an old usb keyboard or a new $4 keyboard with a box and some buttons. With two buttons, you could directly type i and esc without having a background service running.

https://github.com/suapapa/arduino_sketch_balcon123

Thanks to alevchuk for this Idea.
It's fun and handy :)

As a vim user, when I read the README, it is hard to find comments about emacs.

expected result: witty comments about why vi is better.

Most likely a doc issue.

I bought the same pedal

These pedals with three buttons have a pretty great build quality and heft.

Infinity USB Digital Foot Control with Computer plug (IN-USB2)
http://amzn.com/B002MY6I7G

As for the software for button customization:

• Mac: ControllerMate
• Windows (UNTESTED): Pedalware

I can vouch for ControllerMate, and though the full product is not free, the evaluation version gives you enough output configuration options (up to 10) to map all your pedal buttons and then some, for free. You can also map separate keys to the press action and release action, so no need to open up the device, or buy two, or anything.

Neat project! My father built my mother something similar for wordstar pro back in the early 70s / late 80's. She was able to type close to 180 wpm using it if i recall correctly. Its interesting to see these sorts of solutions coming back around.

The XKeys guys have had foot pedals for quite a long time, and they can be programmed for pedal up/down to arbitrary keyboard up/down presses.

https://xkeys.com/xkeys/switches-pedals/footpedals.html

Pedal should only input 'esc' and a gear shift should be made to select modes (insert,visual,etc). Otherwise, this is more like vim-sewing-machine.

Rather than A/I/i for the 3-pedal version, why not configure one of the pedals to be shift - that way you get 4 keys from 3 pedals, and you only need to modify 2 of them.

Hi,

I have implemented a command line utility for programming the foot switch that is used for the VIM Clutch: https://github.com/rgerganov/footswitch. I am using the libusb library which works and all major platforms, so one doesn't need Windows anymore to program the pedals.

I have tested my application on several Linux machines and it works fine. It should work on Mac as well but I don't have one to test. You can put a link in the README if you want :)

Would this work with a secondary mouse on the floor?
Everyone has one laying around.
Sorry for the silly questions and off topic suggestions.

The footswitch software that is linked in the readme doesn't seem to work with os x.

I have found a work-around using a single foot pedal and the keyboard Keyboard Maestro software.

1. Connect the pedal to a windows machine and install the bundled software.
2. Configure the pedal to perform a (ctrl) button press and apply to device.
   1. Make sure the the long press option is selected so that holding down the pedel simulates holding down the key.
3. Connect the pedal to the OS X machine.
4. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys
   1. Select FootswitchV1.1 from the drop-down list at the top.
   2. In the Control key field set it to No Action.
   3. Exit system preferences
5. Open up the Keyboard Maestro macro editor
   1. Create a new macro.
   2. In the trigger field choose Device Trigger
   3. The device field should be selected and now press down the pedal once. The field should now say something like: FootSwitchV1.1 Left Control
   4. From this point you can set macros to execute when the pedal is pressed, released or Down.
   5. Configure any actions you want your pedal to do...

Thanks an I hope I have helped someone.
Mitchell
elwesties(at)gmail.com

In vim Esc key is used to go back from the insert to the command mode. But there are many many ways to get into the insert mode. Do not you use "change word" cw or "change inside tag" cit? Or do you use a two-step operation like:

1. "delete inside tag" dit
2. then use your pedal to start the insert mode

BTW: bought the pedal anyway - probably to use a super or ctrl key or as a prefix in tmux

It would be nice if I could enter insert mode from a Tesla, so I can use Vim more easily while driving. Obviously, don't drink while doing so.

You wrote that you mapped an extra ESC keypress to the button pressing action, but if you entered insert mode through something like ciw, and then wanted to escape, a press-and-release of your pedal would send the keys ESC, i, ESC, which would as a side effect move the cursor back one extra character than if you had just pressed ESC.

To avoid unnecessary movement like this, you could use an alternate key to get back to normal mode. The one I know of is ALT+L. So a mapping of ALT+L, i to the press-down action might work best for consistent mode-changing.

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like this one.

These are very handy for setting up MAME arcades. Might have application here.

http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacve.html

Hi! It's a very cool project, it grabbed my attention because back in the day, when I was writing my thesis I was looking for a similar solution. I had a gaming steering wheel with 2 pedals and I wanted to map them to Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, without needing to solider anything ;)
I did it, it was possible, I just don't remember the exact setup, but I was probably using either GlovePie, Rejoice or JoyToKey (and I lost the configs due to HDD failure). It was far simpler to for lazy person like me ;)

I got a pair of these pedals, but seems like they are identified as the same one, so Im unable to configure it for vim

It is needed to hack the connectors in order to be recognized like a second pedal ?

Like mouse double click, there should be a double pedal press that could make some actions like delete until the end of the line

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.human-factors/arZvcuV75I8/JD_UghvzFZUJ

(This is not a bug BTW -- is there a comment section on github, or do you fork
the project and modify the README?)

Please add Nano support, it is crucial

Nothing to do with Vim, but I was recently looking into buying a trackball, instead of a mouse..... but they don't have a scrollwheel... You have to hold down a button first....

Even with a normal mouse, you could use your clutch for autoscroll in firefox.

Foot down = mouse scrolls the page.

Foot up = normal mouse...

I found this pedal model with double shift. Press soft - one key, press harder - another key. And it's also Bluetooth. The idea would try to use soft press as Esc and deeper press as i. I don't know, so that why should be bought and tested, if it's possible to execute the soft press before the deeper press or the circut just interpret as one press of a different key each time.

Kenesis advantage pro with foot pedal.

So you need to update your doc claiming you are the first. Apart from that very cool. However i map my footpad to the shift key as it is my most common meta key a prevents most of the bridging strain I get.

Regards

Brad

I think that a toaster control like this, would be a great fit too so you can write code without stop to eat.

https://twitter.com/iammerrick/status/352218367018541057 Have you found a foot pedal that prevents the shin pains?

MIDI is a fun way to use foot peddles
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MIDIMoose

then MIDI driver to map to keyboard
https://music.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-midi-translation-midi-to-keystrokes--audio-6914

MIDI support might be nice.

Really great concept, I think providing a tactile feedback ( even if it's fake) like mechanical keyboard would be more fun for your foot.

If you are running linux, you can do something like what I did here as an alternative to using two pedals with the hardware hack.
https://github.com/twitchard/vim-clutchify

Definitely not the most beautiful package in the world, but might be worth mentioning in the README.