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# Akela-SpaceCadet
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[Space Cadet][space-cadet] Shift is a way to make it more convenient to input
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parens - those `(` and `)` things -, symbols that a lot of programming languages
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use frequently. If you are working with Lisp, you are using these all the time.
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What it does, is that it turns your left and right `Shift` keys into parens if
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you tap and release them, without pressing any other key while holding them.
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Therefore, to input, say, `(print foo)`, you don't need to press `Shift`, hold
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it, and press `9` to get a `(`, you simply press and release `Shift`, and
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continue writing. You use it as if you had a dedicated key for parens!
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But if you wish to write capital letters, you hold it, as usual, and you will
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not see any parens when you release it. You can also hold it for a longer time,
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and it still would act as a `Shift`, without the parens inserted on release:
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this is useful when you want to augment some mouse action with `Shift`, to
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select text, for example.
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[space-cadet]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard
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## Using the plugin
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Using the plugin with its defaults is as simple as including the header, and
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enabling the plugin:
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```c++
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#include <Akela-SpaceCadet.h>
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void setup () {
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Keyboardio.setup (KEYMAP_SIZE);
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Keyboardio.use (&SpaceCadetShift, NULL);
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}
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```
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This assumes a US QWERTY layout on the host computer, and will use the `9` and
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`0` keys for the left and right parens, respectively. To change these keys, use
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the [`.configure()`](#configureleft-right) method outlined below.
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## Plugin methods
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The plugin has a number of methods available on the `SpaceCadetShift` object:
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### `.configure(left, right)`
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> Used to change the configuration of the plugin, namely, the keys used for the
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> left and right parens. These keys will be pressed with `Shift` held, and
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> should result in the opening and closing parens.
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>
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> As an example, assuming a Hungarian QWERTZ layout where the parens are not on
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> `9` and `0`, we can use the following little snippet in the `setup` method of
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> our Sketch:
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```c++
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void setup () {
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SpaceCadetShift.configure(Key_8, Key_9);
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Keyboardio.setup (KEYMAP_SIZE);
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}
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```
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### `.on()`
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> This method turns the SpaceCadet Shift behaviour on, if it was turned off.
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### `.off()`
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> Turns the SpaceCadet Shift behaviour off, making the `Shift` keys work as they
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> did before, without the additional behaviour.
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## Further reading
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Starting from the [example][plugin:example] is the recommended way of getting
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started with the plugin.
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[plugin:example]: https://github.com/Akela-Plugins/Akela-SpaceCadet/blob/master/examples/SpaceCadet/SpaceCadet.ino
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