qmk-dactyl-manuform-a/keyboard/ergodox_ez/keymaps/alexjj

Englishman in New York

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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 £ 💷 symbol available. 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. 😅

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 |  `~  | Hyper| Left | Right|                                       |  Up  | Down | COPY | PASTE| RCtrl |
   `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                        ,-------------.       ,-------------.
        Meh = Ctrl+Alt+Shift            | Alt  |  F5  |       |  F2  | +L1  |
                                 ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                 |      |      | PgUp |       | Ins  |      |      |
                                 | Enter| ~L2  |------|       |------| ~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!               ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                 |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                 |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
                                 |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                 `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Media Layer

Not touched this, not used either.

 ,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
 |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
 |--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
 |        |      |      | MsUp |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
 |        |      |MsLeft|MsDown|MsRght|      |------|           |------|      |      |      |      |      |  Play  |
 |--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
 |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      | Prev | Next |      |        |
 `--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
   |      |      |      | Lclk | Rclk |                                       |VolUp |VolDn | Mute |      |      |
   `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                        ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                        |      |      |       |      |      |
                                 ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                 |      |      |      |       |      |      |Brwser|
                                 |      |      |------|       |------|      |Back  |
                                 |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                 `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Changelog

[0.0.1] - 2016-03-21

First version

Issues

Space for feedback and notes for future improvements: