Re: Worst code I ever saw...
"Foot pedals, the only choice for a gentleman"
I fiddled about with a foot pedal input device way back when. Was a Moog Taurus originally[0], but I modified it so various chords became control, alt & shift keys, Fx keys, Sun's "L" keys, and a couple other key bindings depending on the computer it was plugged into. It was an attempt to bring sanity to EMACS, among other things.
Even when working well, it turned out to be more trouble than it was worth, so I never pursued it. A friend of mine took my breadboard rig and code & used the basic idea for an alternative input device for disabled folks while getting his Masters at Stanford.
[0] Don't swear at me, I didn't wreck it! Somebody else had cannibalized most of the electronics, I found the carcass in a pile of trash outside SAIL's DC Power building when we were moving out in 1980. The idea of making it an input device flashed into my mind as soon as I set eyes on it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
