Englishman in New York =========================== :microphone: :tea: About ------ After using the massdrop configurator to get the basics, I wanted to add a little extra to my ergodox. Notably the Hyper hotkey, the press and hold, and a way to have my beloved £ :pound: symbol available<sup>[1](#unicode)</sup>. Why not switch to a GB layout? Well the computers I use are US keymap'd and I can't always change that. Plus I've got used to 2/@ and 3/# and moving to the ergodox was hard enough. :sweat_smile: I started from the default and edited from there as I needed. It's somewhat similar to a regular layout, particularly R1 and shift/controls. I ended up with a few keys that were blank, so I'm testing out some shortcuts. Alt+F4 for quitting things in Windows, is one example, but I felt it was better placed on the 1st layer - in case of fat fingers. Layout ------- ![Layout](rl-layout.jpg "Isn't it lovely") ### Base Layer ``` ,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------. | ESC | 1! | 2@ | 3# | 4$ | 5% | 6^ | | 7& | 8* | 9( | 0) | -_ | += | BkSp | |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------| | Tab | Q | W | E | R | T | { | | } | Y | U | I | O | P | |\ | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| [ | | ] |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | Win | A | S | D | F | G |------| |------| H | J | K | L | :; | '" | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| Home | | End |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | LShift |Z/Alt | X | C | V | B | | | | N | M | , | . | Alt | RShift | `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------' |LCtrl | COPY | PASTE| Left | Right| | Down | Up |Hyper | `~ | RCtrl | `----------------------------------' `----------------------------------' ,-------------. ,-------------. Hyper = Ctrl+Super+Alt+Shift | ~L3 | F5 | | F2 | ~L2 | ,------|------|------| |------+------+------. | | | PgUp | | Ins | | | | Enter| BkSp |------| |------| ~L1 |Space | | | | PgDn | | Del | | | `--------------------' `--------------------' ``` ### Symbol Layer ``` ,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------. | | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 |PrintScr| |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------| | | ! | @ | { | } | | | | | | Up | 7 | 8 | 9 | * | | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | | # | $ | ( | ) | ` |------| |------| Down | 4 | 5 | 6 | + | | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | | % | ^ | [ | ] | ~ | | | | & | 1 | 2 | 3 | \ | | `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------' | | £ | | | | | | . | 0 | = |Alt+F4| `----------------------------------' `----------------------------------' ↑ ,-------------. ,-------------. THERE! | | | | | | ,------|------|------| |------+------+------. CAD = Ctrl + Alt + Delete | | | | | | | | | | |------| |------| | | | | | | | CAD | | | `--------------------' `--------------------' ``` ### Media Layer Not touched this, not used either. ``` ,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------. | TEENSY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------| | | | | MsUp | | | | | | | | | | | | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | | |MsLeft|MsDown|MsRght| |------| |------| | | | | | Play | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | | | | | | | | | | | | Prev | Next | | | `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------' | | | | Lclk | Rclk | |VolDn |VolUp | Mute | | | `----------------------------------' `----------------------------------' ,-------------. ,-------------. | | | | | | ,------|------|------| |------+------+------. | | | | | | |Brwser| | | |------| |------| |Back | | | | | | | | | `--------------------' `--------------------' ``` ### Unicode Layer Used to enter/test unicode input on Windows. All numbers are numpad keys. ``` ,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------. | Alt | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | + | + | | |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------| | Alt | | | E | | | | | | | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | Alt | A | | D | F | |------| |------| | 4 | 5 | 6 | + | | |--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------| | Alt | | | C | | B | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | + | | `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------' | Alt | Alt | Alt | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | | `----------------------------------' `----------------------------------' ,-------------. ,-------------. WINDOWS ONLY SETUP!! | ~L3 | | | | | ,------|------|------| |------+------+------. | | | | | | | | | Alt | Alt |------| |------| Alt | Alt | | | | | | | | | `--------------------' `--------------------' ``` Usage ------ ~L1 / L2 / L3 will momentarily switch to a layer if held and another key is pressed. If pressed and released will remain on layer until pressed again. ### Unicode This layout is for Windows only. To enter a character Press and Hold Alt, type + and hex code then release Alt. Changelog ----------- ### [0.2.1] - 2016-04-05 * Changed £ to alt code in Windows. Windows sucks at unicode. ### [0.2.0] - 2016-03-27 * Added unicode layer * Moved Copy/Paste to left hand side * Switched Enter and Space (again) * Added L3 (unicode layer) toggle * Removed Press and Hold for Alt on right hand size (/) * Swapped Volume Up/Down to match arrows * Tried fixing £ macro * Removed * in the matrix function things (upstream change) ### [0.1.1] - 2016-03-23 * Changed £ input to a macro ### [0.1.0] - 2016-03-22 After actually using the keyboard, I've made some changes: * Swapped Enter and Space * Moved backspace to thumb keys (top right still remains) * Added Ctrl+Alt+Delete * Added Teensy Reset on 2nd layer * Switched Up and Down * Changed copy/paste to be Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v as KC_COPY/PASTE didn't work (in Windows) * Moved ~L2 to replace +L1 after learning how the function works (notes above) * Hopefully fixed GBP symbol (unicode enabled in MakeFile) ### [0.0.1] - 2016-03-21 First version Issues ------- Space for feedback and notes for future improvements ---- <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).