Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
Also just a shot in the dark as I haven't seen any info confirming but is there any scripting or software API for messing with the lighting for reactive backlighting? I assume if there is a desktop application to customize there is a way to hack something together to emualte whatever they are doing.
member @Pylo had been so nice to make the software files available through Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ttwsko7lvt7c0ve/AADmcqi3kPVyERhIsNlb8AXSa?dl=0
There you find the manual, and reactive modes aren't mentioned at all if i havn't overlooked something. I can't look right now, because my RK is not at home right now and the software won't open without keyboard attached.
The final conclusion of the old discussion had been, not a genuine Topre feeling, different, but still good and a lot of bang for the buck.
EDIT: alright, my RC930 is not cooperating, so here's picture of the per key backlight programming, the reactive modes are on FN + `-6 ` Programmed setting 1 solid colors 2 'Star shower', 2 settings, lights up the key in a different color and fades out or lights up the key pressed and all keys in a 1u depending on whether or not you activated it once or twice 3 'Function Riffle', 2 settings, lighting up row in which the key is pressed in a different color or in a circular pattern 4 'Backlight Breathe' should be self explanatory, 2 settings, one cycles through backlight colors 5 'Sunset or Relax Mode' same as breathing but only uses bright/dark colors 6 'Demo Mode' there's about 8 demo modes, it's just lights jumping around on the board, illuminating pixel by pixel, or just an RGB demonstration with a colorwheel/waterfall
I believe there's a few things I missed on some modes but that's just what i know by mind