Special keys like Shift, Enter, Backspace or Tab remain on lateral columns, like on standard ANSI/ISO keyboards.
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@Learning hold-taps and thumb-shifting is the next step:
Shift and Sym are mirrored, not doubled:
FTR: Selenium started as a 34-key configuration, and the name is a reference to the 34th @@ -474,27 +474,27 @@
The nav key is accessible from the home position of both thumbs, with a catch:
- it’s a tap-preferred on the right (
The Nav key is accessible from the home position of both thumbs, with a catch: + it has tap-preferred priority on the right (Space), hold-preferred on the left. + This allows unmissable, single-hand shortcuts.
All 30 programming symbols are available on this single layer, wich has been +
All 30 programming symbols are available on this single layer, wich has been fine-tuned for comfort of use:
~/, );, </>,
+=, [''], 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 + +
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:
(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. To make things even
+ better, the num key is also sticky on this layer 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
+
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 @@ -575,16 +577,17 @@
This variant uses two layers instead of the nav/num one.
+This variant uses two layers instead of the Nav/Num one.
-The NumRow layer mostly picks the number row of your keyboard layout (QWERTY, AZERTY…):
+The NumRow layer mostly picks the number row of your keyboard layout + (QWERTY, AZERTY…):
The VimNav layer offers advanced navigation possibilities:
+The VimNav layer offers advanced navigation possibilities:
This variant is very popular and extensively tested.
- -