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by newcup 1276 days ago
If you’re an Emacs user and you lost your keyboard, no worries. Just plug in your midi accordion!

https://twitter.com/ykarikos/status/1038145486618861573

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Why limit yourself to Emacs, even if it might be the best desktop solution around? With Linux, Jack/PipeWire and https://github.com/eras/midihidi you can use your MIDI device with any app!

Granted it doesn't do chord detection.

It might actually have some "real" use cases: you could run an Amiga/C64/etc emulator, and a tracker within that, and then use this (with a proper keymap) to give it MIDI input. I didn't yet provide the ability to customize the keymaps, other than direct to source, though.. Pull requests welcome.