Having Shift as a homerow-mod is often recommended… and a very common reason why HRMs as a whole are so difficult to tune right: capitalizing a word while typing text requires Shift @@ -323,7 +322,7 @@
Learning hold-taps and thumb-shifting is the next step:
All 30 programming symbols are available on this single layer, wich has been - fine-tuned for comfort of use:
+All 30 programming symbols are available on this single layer, and their placement has been + optimized for comfort:
~/, );, </>,
+=, [''], etc.) or with a single-hand roll (>=,
/*, ";, (), \", etc.). To furthermore reduce frictions in usage, the thumbs actions on the left hand were modified to ease sequences - with non-alpha characters. These sequence would otherwise involve a nasty change of position of - the right thumb (a same-thumb bigram), which really breaks the flow of typing. The left-hand thumb - cluster of the Symbols layer allow us to access these characters without releasing the Sym key:
+ Besides, this layer has truly been designed with Vim in mind, to ease advanced
+ navigation tricks like vertical jumps with {}, (), []
+ followed by +- (on the JK positions), to adjust the
+ movement line by line without releasing the Sym key.
The Symbols layer is a core part of the Ergol layout and + the Arsenik keymap: it’s been tested and + improved over years. Rough edges have been polished over time.
- +Selenium adds a specific concern to ease sequences with non-alpha characters without + releasing the Sym key, thus avoiding same-thumb bigrams and preserving the typing + flow. This is why the Symbols layer features these three actions in the left-hand thumb + cluster, from right to left:
(0), [1], etc. To make things
- even better, the num key is also sticky on this layer for all flavors with three thumb keys; :(){ :|:& };:; ;). ;); :(){ :|:& };:; (0), [1], etc.
+ This key is sticky for all flavors with three thumb keys. Besides these optimisations for programming in general, this layer has truly been designed
- with Vim in mind, to ease advanced navigation tricks like vertical jumps with {},
- (), [] and to chain them with +-, which are on the
- JK positions, to adjust the movement line by line.
The Symbols layer is a core part of the Ergol keyboard - layout and the Arsenik keymap: it’s been intensely - tested and improved over years, which explains how efficient and fuent it is to use.