summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md')
-rw-r--r--keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md176
1 files changed, 124 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md b/keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md
index c66b33f3d..6b7e8fa2e 100644
--- a/keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md
+++ b/keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon/readme.md
@@ -10,13 +10,29 @@ history of the layout, see my
Some of the things in the layout only work when one uses Spacemacs and GNOME
under Linux. Your mileage may vary.
+## Table of Contents
+
+* [Layouts](#layouts)
+ - [Base layer](#base-layer)
+ - [Experimental layer](#experimental-layer)
+ - [Hungarian layer](#hungarian-layer)
+ - [Navigation and media layer](#navigation-and-media-layer)
+ - [One-handed layer](#one-handed-layer)
+ - [Steno layer](#steno-layer)
+ - [LED states](#led-states)
+* [Building](#building)
+ - [Using on Windows](#using-on-windows)
+* [Changelog](#changelog)
+* [License](#license)
+
+# Layouts
+
## Base layer
[![Base layer](images/base-layer.png)](http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/28f7eb305fdbff943613e1dc7aa9e82b)
-At its core, this is a Dvorak layout, with some minor changes (for example, `-`
-being on the left half, and on the innermost key of the bottom row on the
-right). The more interesting parts are how certain keys behave:
+At its core, this is a Dvorak layout, with some minor changes. The more
+interesting parts are how certain keys behave:
* The keys on the number row double as function keys, when held for a bit longer
than an usual tap. This allows me to use the function keys without having to
@@ -33,9 +49,13 @@ right). The more interesting parts are how certain keys behave:
normal layout.
* The `ESC` key also doubles as a one-shot cancel key: if tapped while any of
the one-shot modifiers are in-flight (as in, single-tapped, and not expired
- yet), it cancels all one-shot modifiers. Otherwise it sends the usual keycode.
-* The **Emacs** and **Hun** layer keys are one-shot, the **1Hand** and **STENO**
- keys are toggles.
+ yet), it cancels all one-shot modifiers. It also cancels the **Hun** layer, if
+ active. Otherwise it sends the usual keycode.
+* The **Media**, **Arrow**, and **Hun** layer keys are one-shot, the **1Hand**
+ and **STENO** keys are toggles.
+* Toggling the **Arrow** layer toggles between the cursor arrows and the paging
+ keys on the bottom row.
+* Tapping the `:` key once yields `:`, tapping it twice yields `;`.
* The **Lead** key allows me to type in a sequence of keys, and trigger some
actions:
- `LEAD u` enters unicode input mode, by sending the GTK+ key sequence that
@@ -45,8 +65,19 @@ right). The more interesting parts are how certain keys behave:
- `LEAD y` types `\o/`.
- `LEAD w m` maximises the currently focused window.
- `LEAD e` makes the [experimental layer](#experimental-layer) the default.
- - `LEAD v` prints the firmware version, the keyboard and the keymap, if
- compiled with a QMK version that has these available.
+ - `LEAD v` prints the firmware version, the keyboard and the keymap.
+
+## Experimental layer
+
+[![Experimental layer](images/experimental-layer.png)](http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/6ff50bf71248e05aab5b3fec4fae3d08)
+
+While using the standard Dvorak layout, I encountered a number of
+inconveniences, and on this layer, I am playing with ideas to make the layout
+feel better. Initially, it was based on [Capewell-Dvorak][cpd], but that too,
+had shortcomings I was not happy with. So now this is something inbetween, with
+own observations thrown in. How it works out in the long run remains to be seen.
+
+ [cpd]: http://www.michaelcapewell.com/projects/keyboard/layout_capewell-dvorak.htm
## Hungarian layer
@@ -57,32 +88,12 @@ variant. For some, which can have other diatribes, the long one is on top,
short's on bottom. Tapping any of the accented characters takes us back to the
base layer.
-## Emacs layer
-
-[![Emacs layer](images/emacs-layer.png)](http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/c59c453f9fe1a3238ba1494e7e5c6892)
-
-This layer is primarily for navigating text - and for some mousing and other
-things, because there was space. Most of the keys should be pretty
-self-explanatory, except for a few:
-
-* There are three keys on the bottom row of the left side, that change how some
- of the other keys - explained just below - work. The keys are for *Emacs
- mode* (the default), *Terminal mode*, and *Traditional mode*, respectively.
-* The *Visual mode* key (the top big key on the left side) sends the `v` key in
- *Emacs mode*, to enter Visual mode in Spacemacs. In all other modes, it is a
- no-op.
-* The *Copy/Cut* key (the bottom big key on the left side) sends the copy
- command on tap, the cut one when held for longer than a normal tap. The **copy
- command** is `y` in *Emacs mode*, `Ctrl-Shift-c` in *Terminal mode*, and
- `Ctrl-c` in *Traditional mode*. The **cut command** is `x` in *Emacs mode*,
- `Ctrl-Shift-x` in *Terminal Mode* and `Ctrl-x` in *Traditional mode*.
-* The *Paste/Delete* key (the leftmost key on the left thumb cluster) sends the
- paste command on tap, the delete one when held longer than a normal tap. The
- **paste command** is `p` in *Emacs mode*, `Ctrl-Shift-v` in *Terminal mode*,
- and `Ctrl-v` in *Traditional mode*. The **delete command** is `d` in *Emacs
- mode*, and `DEL` in the other two.
-* The `A`, `I` and `R` keys will - after sending themselves - clear the layer
- back to the base layer. This allows a quick escape from the layer.
+## Navigation and media layer
+
+[![Navigation and media layer](images/nav-n-media-layer.png)](http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/c59c453f9fe1a3238ba1494e7e5c6892)
+
+This layer is primarily for navigating with the cursor or the mouse, and some
+media things.
## One-handed layer
@@ -113,33 +124,50 @@ This is to be used with [Plover](http://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/),
nothing really fancy here. The **STENO** key toggles the layer on and off, and
sends the toggle command to Plover too.
-## Experimental layer
-
-[![Experimental layer](images/experimental-layer.png)](http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/6ff50bf71248e05aab5b3fec4fae3d08)
-
-While using the standard Dvorak layout, I encountered a number of
-inconveniences, and on this layer, I am playing with ideas to make the layout
-feel better. Initially, it was based on [Capewell-Dvorak][cpd], but that too,
-had shortcomings I was not happy with. So now this is something inbetween, with
-own observations thrown in. How it works out in the long run remains to be seen.
-
- [cpd]: http://www.michaelcapewell.com/projects/keyboard/layout_capewell-dvorak.htm
+## LED states
+
+The primary purpose of the LEDs is to show the modifier status, a secondary, to
+show which layer is active. Each modifier, `Shift`, `Alt` and `Control` each
+have their designated LEDs: the *red*, *green* and *blue*, respectively. When a
+modifier is in a one-shot state, the respective LED will turn on with a dimmer
+light. If the modifier is toggled on, the brightness of the LED turns full.
+
+For the layers, the following rules apply:
+
+* When the [Experimental layer](#experimental-layer) is toggled on, LEDs will
+ light up from left to right in a sequence, then turn off. When the layer is
+ toggled off, the LEDs light up and turn off in the other direction. No LEDs
+ are on while the layer is active.
+* When the [Hungarian layer](#hungarian-layer) is active, the *green* and *blue*
+ LEDs are on.
+* When the [Navigation and media layer](#navigation-and-media-layer) is active,
+ the *red* and *green* ones are on.
+* When the [One-handed layer](#one-handed-layer) is active, the *green* LED is
+ on and bright, and either the *red* or the *blue* one is going to slowly
+ blink, depending on the currently active side.
+* For the [Steno layer](#steno-layer), all LEDs will be turned on.
+
+Unless noted otherwise, the layers use a dim light for the LEDs, while modifiers
+use a stronger one, and modifiers override any layer preferences. For example,
+when on the one-handed layer, with the left side active (*red* light blinking),
+if `Shift` is on, the *red* light will be constantly on.
# Building
To make my workflow easier, this layout is maintained in
[its own repository][algernon:ez-layout]. To build it, you will need the
-[QMK][qmk] firmware checked out, and this repo either checked out, or symlinked
-to `keyboards/ergodox_ez/algernon`. One way to achieve that is this:
+[QMK][qmk] firmware checked out, and this repo either checked out to something
+like `keyboards/ergodox_ez/algernon-master`. One way to achieve that is this:
[algernon:ez-layout]: https://github.com/algernon/ergodox-layout
[qmk]: https://github.com/jackhumbert/qmk_firmware
```
$ git clone https://github.com/jackhumbert/qmk_firmware.git
-$ cd qmk_firmware/keyboards/ergodox_ez
-$ git clone https://github.com/algernon/ergodox-layout.git keymaps/algernon
-$ make KEYMAP=algernon
+$ cd qmk_firmware
+$ git clone https://github.com/algernon/ergodox-layout.git \
+ keyboards/ergodox_ez/keymaps/algernon-master
+$ make KEYBOARD=ergodox_ez KEYMAP=algernon-master
```
From time to time, updates may be submitted back to the QMK repository. If you
@@ -147,10 +175,54 @@ are reading it there, you can build the firmware like any other firmware
included with it (assuming you are in the root directory of the firmware):
```
-$ cd keyboards/ergodox_ez
-$ make KEYMAP=algernon
+$ make KEYBOARD=ergodox_ez KEYMAP=algernon
```
+## Using on Windows
+
+The keymap default to forcing NKRO, which seems to upset Windows, and except the
+modifiers, none of them work. If you experience this problem, recompile the
+firmware with `FORCE_NKRO=no` added to the `make` command line.
+
+# Changelog
+
+## v1.2 - 2016-06-22
+
+* The forced NKRO mode can be easily toggled off at compile-time, to make the
+ firmware compatible with [certain operating systems](#using-on-windows).
+* The `:;` key has changed behaviour: to access the `;` symbol, the key needs to
+ be double-tapped, instead of shifted.
+* The `=` and `\` keys were swapped, `=` moved to the home row, on both the
+ [base](#base-layer) and the [experimental](#experimental-layer) layers.
+* The arrow and navigation keys were redone, they are now more accessible, but
+ the navigation keys require an extra tap to access.
+* The **Emacs** layer is gone, replaced by a simplified
+ [navigation and media](#navigation-and-media-layer) layer.
+* `LEAD v` types the firmware version, and the keymap version.
+* On the [experimental](#experimental-layer) layer, the `L` and `Q`, and the `K`
+ and `G` keys were swapped.
+* The [Steno](#steno-layer) layer gained a few more `#` and `*` keys, to make it
+ easier on my fingers.
+
+## v1.1 - 2016-06-14
+
+* The keyboard starts in NKRO mode, bootmagic and other things are disabled.
+* A [Steno](#steno-layer) layer was added, to be used with Plover.
+* An [experimental](#experimental-layer) layer was added, something halfway
+ between Dvorak and Capewell-Dvorak. A work in progress.
+* `LEAD y` types `\o/`.
+* Some keys on the [Base](#base-layer) layer have been moved around:
+ - `?` moved to the left pinky, left of `Q`.
+ - `=` shifted one row down, but `F11` stayed where it was.
+ - `-` on the left half was replaced by `Tab`.
+ - `Tab`'s original position is taken by a `Media Next`/`Media Prev` key.
+ - `:` now inputs `;` when shifted.
+* `ESC` cancels the [Hungarian](#hungarian-layer) layer too, not just modifiers.
+
+## v1.0 - 2016-05-26
+
+Initial version.
+
# License
The layout, being a derivative of the original TMK firmware which is under the