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Neo 2 for ErgoDox on QWERTY
Description
The Neo layout is an optimized German keyboard layout developed by the Neo Users Group, supporting many Latin-based alphabets. The positions of the letters are not only optimized for German letter frequency, but also for typical groups of two or three letters. English is considered a primary target as well.
The design tries to enforce the alternating usage of both hands to increase typing speed and incorporates ideas from de-ergo and other ergonomic layouts. High frequency keys are placed in the home row. The current layout Neo 2.0 has unique features making it suited for many target groups such as programmers, mathematicians, scientists or LaTeX authors.
Neo is grouped into six layers, each dedicated to a special purpose.
Layers
At the core this is a Neo 2.0 layout adjusted for the Ergodox Infinity. The keymap is laid out expecting a macOs using the US QWERTY or ABC Extended layout.
Layer 1 Lowercase, upppercase and typographical characters
Layer 2 Special characters for programming
Layer 3 WASD-like movement keys and number block
Layer 4 Greek characters
Layer 5 Mathematical symbols and Greek uppercase characters
Layer 6 Ergodox Infinity US QWERTY layout
Layer 7 Function keys
Legend
- Keys marked with
----are dead keys. - Blank keys are transparent and fall through to lower levels.
Layer 1
This layer implements NEO layers 1 and 2.
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| ---- | 1/° | 2/§ | 3/ | 4/» | 5/« | ESC | | US_1 | 6/$ | 7/€ | 8/„ | 9/“ | 0/” | -/— |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| TAB | X | V | L | C | W | LCTL | | RCTL | K | H | G | F | Q | ß |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| NEO_3 | U | I | A | E | O |------| |------| S | N | R | T | D | Y |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| LALT | | RALT |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| LSHIFT | Ü | Ö | Ä | P | Z | | | | B | M | ,/– | ./• | J | RSHIFT |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
| ---- | ---- | LCTL | LALT | LGUI | | RGUI | Left | Down | Up | Right|
`----------------------------------' `----------------------------------'
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| FKEYS| Home | | PgUp | FKEYS|
,------|------|------| |------+------+------.
| Back-| | End | | PgDn | | |
| space|Delete|------| |------| Enter|Space |
| | | NEO_4| | NEO_4| | |
`--------------------' `--------------------'
Layer 2
This layer implements NEO layer 3.
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| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | › | ‹ | | | | ¢ | ¥ | ‚ | ‘ | ’ | ---- |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| ---- | … | _ | [ | ] | ^ | | | | ! | < | > | = | & | ---- |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| | \ | / | { | } | * |------| |------| ? | ( | ) | - | : | @ |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| | # | $ | | | ~ | ` | | | | + | % | " | ' | ; | |
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Layer 3
This layer implements NEO layer 4.
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| ---- | ª | º | ---- | · | £ | | | | ---- | Tab | / | * | - | ---- |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| ---- | PgUp | ⌫ | Up | ⌦ | PgDn | | | | ¡ | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | – |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| | Home | Left | Down | Right| End |------| |------| ¿ | 4 | 5 | 6 | , | . |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| | Esc | Tab | Ins |Return| ---- | | | | : | 1 | 2 | 3 | ; | |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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Layer 4
This layer is currently empty/reserved for NEO layer 5.
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Layer 5
This layer is currently empty/reserved for NEO layer 6.
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Layer 6
A bare bones implementation of the default Ergodox Infinity layout.
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| = | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ESC | | NEO_1| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | - |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| \ | Q | W | E | R | T | ---- | | [ | Y | U | I | O | P | ] |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| TAB | A | S | D | F | G |------| |------| H | J | K | L | ; | ' |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| ---- | | ---- |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| LSHIFT | Z | X | V | B | M | | | | N | M | , | . | / | RSHIFT |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
| LGUI | ` | ---- | ---- | FKEYS| | Left | Down | Up | Right| RGUI |
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| LCTRL| LALT | | RALT | RCTRL|
,------|------|------| |------+------+------.
| | | HOME | | PGUP | | |
| BKSP | DEL |------| |------| ENTR | SPCE |
| | | END | | PGDN | | |
`--------------------' `--------------------'
Layer 7
This layer implements function and multimedia keys.
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| Prev | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F11 | | F12 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | VolUp |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| Play | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VolDn |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| Next | | | | | |------| |------| | | | | | Mute |
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