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Christopher Browne 2016-07-18 16:07:00 -04:00
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This was originally based on the default keyboard map, but I have been This was originally based on the default keyboard map, but I have been
doing sundry experimentation: doing sundry experimentation:
1. Experiments 1. Useful Experiments
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* To figure things out about the toolset
* I'm an Emacs guy, so will be needing a fair bit of tuning
* It made sense to mess around some with keyboard maps. * It made sense to mess around some with keyboard maps.
- I tried added Workman alongside Dvorak and Colemak
- Boy, oh boy, these don't help!!!
- I have done 30 years of learning of Emacs key mappings, and
these alternative keyboards massively mess me up
- I added a keypad, originally based on keymaps/numpad.c, but - I added a keypad, originally based on keymaps/numpad.c, but
mighty substantially revised, as that one seems to be rotated 90 mighty substantially revised, as that one seems to be rotated 90
degrees from usual conventions for number pads degrees from usual conventions for number pads
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- Key [2][2] aka "a" uses a random number generator to select a digit 0-9 at random - Key [2][2] aka "a" uses a random number generator to select a digit 0-9 at random
- Key [3][2] aka "z" uses a random number generator to select a letter a-z at random - Key [3][2] aka "z" uses a random number generator to select a letter a-z at random
- Key [1][3] aka "e" spits out the keymap version number - Key [1][3] aka "e" spits out the keymap version number
* Minor use of Space Cadet Shift; my SHIFT key has switched to KC_LSP0, so that when I just hit SHIFT, I get a left parens: ( which is great for Lisping. I don't have a Right Shift, so I don't get an autoclose; I think I'll live with that until a Planck successor with more lines of keys :-)
2. Some code structure ideas 2. Some code structure ideas
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and shift ESC off the first column so KC_LCTL and KC_LALT can and shift ESC off the first column so KC_LCTL and KC_LALT can
be on the first column. be on the first column.
* I needed to swap ' and ENTER * I needed to swap ' and ENTER
* I tried added Workman alongside Dvorak and Colemak
- Boy, oh boy, these don't help!!!
- I have done 30 years of learning of Emacs key mappings, and
these alternative keyboards massively mess me up
4. TODO 4. TODO
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helpers. helpers.
* I do not presently have anything that handles X11 screen * I do not presently have anything that handles X11 screen
switching, as with Control-Alt-various switching, as with Control-Alt-various
* I ought to probably look into KC_LEAD, to have some key combos
that do not need to be concurrent