You know the Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint Keyboard II is a thing, right? It would seem to meet that requirement. What's missing?
Edit: Oh, they're pricey - so that, I guess?
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>What's missing?
I like mechanical keyboards and the likes with a lot of key travel. So not a fan of these laptop keyboards. That and cost and availability too. That keyboard does not appear to be available on my country...
Fair, although I used to prefer the old chonky Thinkpad keyboards to anything else. There was (is?) a Model M style buckle spring keyboard with a trackpoint, but it had the numeric pad, so no good to you.
I guess one could do a project-keyboard and add a trackpoint to it. I don't know if you'd have to macgyver it up, or if there's something you can buy as a package for the trackpoint. That would be fun. One could even do a 40% version with it and damn the RSI :)
Maybe give this a look? https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi
I am aware of this existing. But it is costly, not easily available, and looks huge, compared to a compact TKL mechanical keyboard.
Have you read the post you're commenting on yet?
For me at least the post wasn't loading on mobile (Firefox on Android) and looks like others had the same issue. Skimming the article just now on the laptop (Firefox on Linux) I see in the images that the author is using a trackpoint on their keyboard, but it's not mentioned in the text anywhere!
Edit: Ohhhh... I see that big box at the bottom that I just dismissed without reading as one of those "continue reading my other articles" chumbox inspired things, is actually a continuation of the article via multiple options. I guess that might be what upset my mobile browser too.
I'm still not spotting any discussion of the trackpoint though...