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MagneLauritzen
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Creator of useful devices.
www.summacogni.com
- Thank you for the kind words. I did orginally consider using a programmable stream deck, but quickly realized that it would not be sufficient. My requirements were:
1) Over 100 symbols immediately accessible
2) Single-hand use
3) Small size
The elgato stream deck meets some of these requirements, but it would not have been possible to support the amount of symbols I wanted.
- 1) Thank you!
2) The staggered layout has been carefully chosen to allow for single-hand use. The user must be able to press up to three keys at the same time (2 modifiers and 1 symbol key). The layout I settled on for Mathpad makes this as easy as possible.
- Thank you!
The killer feature of Mathpad is not LaTeX (although that is supported) - it's letting you directly type mathematical Unicode symbols practically anywhere you can type regular text.
Mathpad will remain available on Crowd Supply long after the campaign ends (albeit at a higher price), so just come back later when you need one!
- 78 points
- I feel the same way. Projects are only fun as long as you are challenged and learning new things. Once it becomes routine, the fun is gone.
I have not found a solution to this apart from just getting done with the boring things as quickly as possible.
- I have reached a terrible point on my project: I now have to market it.
Until this point, I was happily working away at the technical side: Designing, manufacturing prototypes, talking with suppliers and other people who contributed to the product, learning how to write firmware. All fun stuff.
Now that I actually have to reach people who can benefit from the product, I am feeling entirely sick and tired of it.
- It is not clear to me what the purpose of this repo is. Perhaps as a starter, add the non-abbreviated version of MCP.
Mathpad's killer feature is working anywhere you can type text, not only document editors. I've found it particularly useful when putting together technical presentations in Powerpoint, and when documenting the algorithms I write at work which are rather math and physics heavy.