keyboard/ergodox_ez/keymaps/alexjj/readme.md

   1 Englishman in New York
   2 ===========================
   3
   4 :microphone: :tea:
   5
   6 About
   7 ------
   8
   9 After using the massdrop configurator to get the basics, I wanted to add a
  10 little extra to my ergodox. Notably the Hyper hotkey, the press and hold,
  11 and a way to have my beloved £ :pound: symbol available<sup>[1](#unicode)</sup>. Why not switch to a GB
  12 layout? Well the computers I use are US keymap'd and I can't always change
  13 that. Plus I've got used to 2/@ and 3/# and moving to the ergodox was hard
  14 enough. :sweat_smile:
  15
  16 I started from the default and edited from there as I needed. It's somewhat
  17 similar to a regular layout, particularly R1 and shift/controls. I ended up
  18 with a few keys that were blank, so I'm testing out some shortcuts. Alt+F4 for
  19 quitting things in Windows, is one example, but I felt it was better placed on
  20 the 1st layer - in case of fat fingers.
  21
  22 Layout
  23 -------
  24
  25 ![Layout](rl-layout.jpg "Isn't it lovely")
  26
  27 ### Base Layer
  28
  29 ```
  30 ,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
  31 |   ESC  |  1!  |  2@  |  3#  |  4$  |  5%  |  6^  |           |  7&  |  8*  |  9(  |  0)  |  -_  |  +=  |  BkSp  |
  32 |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  33 | Tab    |   Q  |   W  |   E  |   R  |   T  |  {   |           |   }  |   Y  |   U  |   I  |   O  |   P  |  |\    |
  34 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|  [   |           |   ]  |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  35 | Win    |   A  |   S  |   D  |   F  |   G  |------|           |------|   H  |   J  |   K  |   L  |  :;  |  '"    |
  36 |--------+------+------+------+------+------| Home |           | End  |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  37 | LShift |Z/Alt |   X  |   C  |   V  |   B  |      |           |      |   N  |   M  |   ,  |   .  |//Alt| RShift |
  38 `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  39   |LCtrl |  `~  | Hyper| Left | Right|                                       | Down |  Up  | COPY | PASTE| RCtrl |
  40   `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
  41                                        ,-------------.       ,-------------.
  42   Hyper = Ctrl+Super+Alt+Shift         | Alt  |  F5  |       |  F2  | ~L2  |
  43                                 ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
  44                                 |      |      | PgUp |       | Ins  |      |      |
  45                                 | Space| BkSp |------|       |------| ~L1  |Enter |
  46                                 |      |      | PgDn |       | Del  |      |      |
  47                                 `--------------------'       `--------------------'
  48 ```
  49
  50 ### Symbol Layer
  51
  52 ```
  53 ,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
  54 |        |  F1  |  F2  |  F3  |  F4  |  F5  |  F6  |           |  F7  |  F8  |  F9  |  F10 |  F11 |  F12 |PrintScr|
  55 |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  56 |        |   !  |   @  |   {  |   }  |   |  |      |           |      |   Up |   7  |   8  |   9  |   *  |        |
  57 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  58 |        |   #  |   $  |   (  |   )  |   `  |------|           |------| Down |   4  |   5  |   6  |   +  |        |
  59 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  60 |        |   %  |   ^  |   [  |   ]  |   ~  |      |           |      |   &  |   1  |   2  |   3  |   \  |        |
  61 `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  62   |      |   £  |      |      |      |                                       |      |    . |   0  |   =  |Alt+F4|
  63   `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
  64              ↑                         ,-------------.       ,-------------.
  65           THERE!                       |      |      |       |      |      |
  66                                 ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
  67    CAD = Ctrl + Alt + Delete    |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
  68                                 |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
  69                                 |      |      |      |       | CAD  |      |      |
  70                                 `--------------------'       `--------------------'
  71 ```
  72 ### Media Layer
  73
  74 Not touched this, not used either.
  75
  76 ```
  77 ,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
  78 | TEENSY |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
  79 |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  80 |        |      |      | MsUp |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
  81 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  82 |        |      |MsLeft|MsDown|MsRght|      |------|           |------|      |      |      |      |      |  Play  |
  83 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
  84 |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      | Prev | Next |      |        |
  85 `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  86   |      |      |      | Lclk | Rclk |                                       |VolUp |VolDn | Mute |      |      |
  87   `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
  88                                        ,-------------.       ,-------------.
  89                                        |      |      |       |      |      |
  90                                 ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
  91                                 |      |      |      |       |      |      |Brwser|
  92                                 |      |      |------|       |------|      |Back  |
  93                                 |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
  94                                 `--------------------'       `--------------------'
  95 ```
  96
  97 Usage
  98 ------
  99
 100 ~L1 / L2 will momentarily switch to a layer if held and another key is pressed.
 101 If pressed and released will remain on layer until pressed again.
 102
 103
 104 Changelog
 105 -----------
 106
 107 ### [0.1.1] - 2016-03-23
 108
 109 * Changed £ input to a macro
 110
 111
 112 ### [0.1.0] - 2016-03-22
 113
 114 After actually using the keyboard, I've made some changes:
 115
 116 * Swapped Enter and Space
 117 * Moved backspace to thumb keys (top right still remains)
 118 * Added Ctrl+Alt+Delete
 119 * Added Teensy Reset on 2nd layer
 120 * Switched Up and Down
 121 * Changed copy/paste to be Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v as KC_COPY/PASTE didn't work (in Windows)
 122 * Moved ~L2 to replace +L1 after learning how the function works (notes above)
 123 * Hopefully fixed GBP symbol (unicode enabled in MakeFile)
 124
 125 ### [0.0.1] - 2016-03-21
 126
 127 First version
 128
 129
 130 Issues
 131 -------
 132
 133 Space for feedback and notes for future improvements
 134
 135 ----
 136 <sup><a name="unicode">1</a></sup>: For Windows only, and you have to edit the [registry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input#Hexadecimal_code_input).