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Andy Burns <
usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:
> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> I think it can only write to the keyboard`s flash when you put it
>> into firmware mode, so probably not as easy as that ...
>
> Perhaps QMK could partition the flash,to allow storing the macro
> translations separate from the firmware/keymap?
Yes, I thought that would be a way but I haven`t found any mention
anywhere that something like that is supported. Partitioning probably
needs support from the flash itself too. Another way would be to store
them in RAM but I suppose a lot of these microcontrollers used on
keyboards are really limited on the amount of that. And they`d be
volatile then and RAM probably isn`t accessible from USB directly so
that`d need some support at both ends of the USB cable. Then again, in
this day and age volatile storage has an appeal.
I kinda thought macros are a popular feature. My particular interest is
in putting wifi passwords into things that support a USB keyboard but
aren`t really computers. I thought online gamers might use text macros
too since some keyboards have this macro feature but I guess gamers
mainly use voice.
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