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
Most of us do know Reddit, Geekhack or Deskthority to name a few, but every other day we may stumble upon something even at those sites outstanding and maybe helpfull for others, too.
So, tell us your secret tools, findings ... all of us should know.
I might start with a few things i like a lot.
Sharpkeys for simple remapping keys at windows os. For example, you never ever use capslock, make it another strg, HHKB style. All changes are written to the registry. https://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/
Experience the freedom of layers, function keys to your liking with every keyboard at windows os. Software needs to run in the background. http://martin-stone.github.io/touchcursor/
The very helpfull tmk usb to usb converter by hasu, take your layout, layers with you everywhere you go to use it with any keyboard given and beginn to wonder what amazing stuff is possible with the simplest keyboard given. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69169.0 Nice review and help: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=74708
Enough for the moment, it's your turn :)