SiteMap Search ElispArea HowTo Glossary RecentChanges News Problems Suggestions We moved to a new host at the beginning of 2015. Please report any issues you find. Search: Language: Foot Switches Footswitches (pedals), such as those designed by XKeys ( http://www.xkeys.com/xkeys/xkfoot.php ) and sold under various badges, can offload some work from the hands, which may be helpful if you have RepeatedStrainInjury . They are excellent for modifier key s (Ctrl, Alt, Shift) but are also more widely useful than that ( EmacsVersor is designed partly for elegant footswitch use). Update, 2011-05-31: I’ve been struggling to set up the USB version of the XKeys pedals in an all-Linux environment, having previously always used the PS2 version. XKeys provide a Windows-only program for setting the keycodes, and when I asked about getting the information necessary for programming the peda...