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
-------
### 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
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<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).