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- # Townk's Keymap
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- Trying to take care of an enjury on my arm I borrow an ergonomic keyboard from
- a frient ([Kinesis Advantage](https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/)).
-
- I really enjoyed my time with it but there were some anoyancies:
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- * The curvature on the keys bothered me since I'm a Vim user and using the
- motion keys on my editor was awkard.
- * I had to spend too much time remapping the keyboard to make some symbol keys
- more accessible to me.
- * The fact that my hands had to stay close to each other was a bit stressfull
- to my sholders.
-
- After a long research I find out that Ergodox EZ would be perfect for my needs
- and purchase one. Before the keyboard even got in my hands I started to think
- on the layout I would use on it and soon enough I planed couple adjustments
- from the Kinesis I was using so far.
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- ## The layout
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- Here are the layout mapping in images so you can have a glimpse on it:
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- ![Base Layout](https://i.imgur.com/m1yyQvU.png)
- ![fn Layout](https://i.imgur.com/AJIzrjq.png)
- ![Keypad & Mouse Layout](https://i.imgur.com/9I6Qr0e.png)
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- Notice that, differently from the default behavior, my layer keys are not transparent
- by default, which means that if you press any non-labeled white key, nothing will be
- handled to the OS.
-
- ### One shot keys
-
- It all started with the access to the function keys (F1, F2, F3...), since
- those keys are located on a different layer I needed a way to press them with
- minimal effort without disrupting my flow.
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- For me, togglihg a layer to press a button and than toggle it back is a waste
- of time (although I admit it's a single tap from what I have), so I decided to
- do it as a one shot key. I could press it and the next pressed key would be
- handled by the target layer which just after it delivers the key to the OS it
- would get back to the previous layer.
-
- After setting up my layout to do just that I realized that occasionally I
- would stop myseld on the middle of the process and the one shot layer would be
- still triggered until I press any other key. So to prevent me from tapping
- keys I don't want I added a timeout of 3 seconds for the one shot actions.
-
- Ultimately I tested the shift key as a one shot one and really like it, so
- here you have it, all the one shot keys on my layout.
-
- ## Glossary
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- If you're not familiar with the Mac symbols used on some keys, here is a
- reference to them:
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- | Symbol | Description |
- | :----: | ------------------- |
- | ⌘ | Command |
- | ⇪ | Caps Lock |
- | ⇧ | Shift |
- | ⌥ | Option (alt) |
- | ⎋ | Esc |
- | ⇥ | Tab forward |
- | ⇤ | Tab backward |
- | ⌃ | Control |
- | ␣ | Space |
- | ⌫ | Backspace |
- | ⌦ | Delete |
- | ⏎ | Enter |
- | ⌤ | Return |
- | ⌽ | Power on/off button |
- | ↖ | Home |
- | ↘ | End |
- | ⇞ | Page up |
- | ⇟ | Page down |
- | ⌧ | Clear |
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