-# callum’s planck layout
+# callum's planck layout
This is a layout for the grid planck, built with a few ideals in mind:
- Consistent and minimal response times should be maintained. Keys that react
differently depending on whether they are tapped or held, keys that react
- differently if they are double tapped, etc. should be avoided -- they
- inevitably send their keycode later than a normal key -- interrupting the
+ differently if they are double tapped, etc. should be avoided – they
+ inevitably send their keycode later than a normal key – interrupting the
immediate feedback from the screen. Therefore we restrict ourselves to
chording as our only means of getting more than one symbol out of a single
physical key.
- There should be two of every modifier (one on each side), otherwise certain
long key combinations become hard to make.
-Keys are arranged as follows. Blank keys below may actually contain
-undocumented shortcuts specific to my workflow. The base layer can be set to
-colemak or qwerty (from the function layer).
+- It should be possible to do things you might want to do while using the mouse
+ with only the left hand (e.g. change tabs, navigate back or forwards in
+ browser history).
-```
-/* COLEMAK
- * ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- * |Tab | Q | W | F | P | G | J | L | U | Y | ; | - |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |Bksp | A | R | S | T | D | H | N | E | I | O | ' |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |Shift| Z | X | C | V | B | K | M | , | . | / |Shift|
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |FUNC |Super| Alt |Ctrl |SYMB |Enter|Space|MOVE |Ctrl | Alt |Super|FUNC |
- * `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
- */
+- Symbols should be arranged so that the most frequently used are easiest to
+ reach. This includes numbers, and lower numbers are more commonly used than
+ higher ones. (number arrangement borrowed from [dustypomeleau's minidox
+ layout][].
-/* QWERTY
- * ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- * |Tab | Q | W | E | R | T | Y | U | I | O | P | - |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |Bksp | A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | ; | ' |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |Shift| Z | X | C | V | B | N | M | , | . | / |Shift|
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |FUNC |Super| Alt |Ctrl |SYMB |Enter|Space|MOVE |Ctrl | Alt |Super|FUNC |
- * `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
- */
+Layout rendered with [keyboard-layout-editor.com][]:
-/* SYMB
- * ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- * | Esc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | Del | ! | @ | # | $ | % | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | ~ | ` | + | = | | | \ | [ | ] | { | } | |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | | | | | | | | | | | |
- * `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
- */
+![](https://callum-oakley.github.io/images/keymap.png)
-/* MOVE
- * ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- * | | | | | | | |Home | Up | End | | Esc |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | | | | | | |Left |Down |Right|Caps | Del |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | | | | | | |PgDn |PgUp | | | |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | | | | | | | | | | | |
- * `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
- */
+The only behaviour not captured in this graphic is: pressing both cmd keys will
+send cmd+ctrl. See [keymap.c][] for details.
-/* FUNC
- * ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------.
- * |Reset| F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 |VolUp|
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * |Power| F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 | F15 | F16 | F17 | F18 | F19 | F20 |VolDn|
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | F21 | F22 | F23 | F24 | | | | |COLMK|QWRTY| |
- * |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- * | | | | |Prev |Mute |Play |Next | | | | |
- * `-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
- */
- ```
+[dustypomeleau's minidox layout]: https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/minidox/keymaps/dustypomerleau
+[keyboard-layout-editor.com]: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com
+[keymap.c]: keymap.c