For easier initial use, this keymap follows the layout of more standard keyboards where possible. It is a starting point for you to tweak over time to suit your preferences better. You can easily customize it with the [QMK configurator](https://config.qmk.fm/#/hillside/48/LAYOUT).
For easier initial use, this keymap follows the layout of more standard keyboards where possible. It is a starting point for you to tweak over time to suit your preferences better. You can easily customize it with the [QMK configurator](https://config.qmk.fm/#/handwired/hillside/48/LAYOUT).
Some of its key features are:
- Numbers and symbols along the top row of their layers for familiarity.
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So this default ```keymap.json``` was created with the online configurator
and formatted for easier reading and editing.
If you wish, you can edit the ```keymap.json``` directly in a text editor, optionally use the below ```json2hill.py``` to restore the spacing, and then compile and flash it.
If you wish, you can edit the ```keymap.json``` directly in a text editor, optionally use the below ```json2hill48.py``` to restore the spacing, and then compile and flash it.
Or, you can use the graphical configurator to edit the keymap. To do that:
- Open the [QMK configurator](https://config.qmk.fm/#/handwired/hillside/LAYOUT)
- Using the green up arrow button, load the keymap from ```qmk_firmware/keyboards/handwired/hillside/keymaps/default/keymap.json```
- Open the [QMK configurator](https://config.qmk.fm/#/handwired/hillside/48/LAYOUT)
- Using the green up arrow button, load the keymap from ```qmk_firmware/keyboards/handwired/hillside/48/keymaps/default/keymap.json```
- Make the changes you wish to the layout
- Save the keymap using the green down arrow button.
- Copy those changes back into your QMK repository and reformat for easy reading using the format script:
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