qmk-dactyl-manuform-a/keyboards/dztech/dz65rgb/keymaps/drootz

Drootz's DZ65RGBv2 ANSI Layout

This layout fit best people who mainly type in English but regularly need to type in French (using an English keyboard in OS setting). There are also some cool LED indicator effects and tons of Leader Key bindings/macros designed to work on both Mac and Windows OS. I tried to keep things as simple as possible from a usability perspective. Enjoy!

• LAYERS
• LEADER KEY BINDINGS:
  • OS and Keyboard Macros
  • French Accents
  • Special Characters and Punctuation
  • Text Selection Macros
  • Expanded Space Cadet Macros
  • Text Expanders
• STEP BY STEP FLASH INSTRUCTIONS

HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION

Dual function Capslock key

• Single tap to trigger the Leader Key
• Double tap to toggle Capslock ON/OFF

70+ useful Leader Key bindings and macros

• "Designed" to work on both Mac and Windows OS with an English keyboard OS setting
• Per key timing set at 425ms. Never a key sequence!
• 20+ Punctuation, ASCII, System shortcuts and macros
• 15+ French accents (è, é, ê, È, É, Ê, à, etc.)
  • No need to switch to a French keyboard OS setting!
  • Preserve Capslock if enabled
• 8 Text "selection" shortcuts
• 20+ Expanded "Space Cadet" feature with Shift, Ctrl, Alt and DoubleQuote for (), [], {} and ""
• Few useful strings output for my workflow (You may want to change or remove them...)

Dynamic Macros enabled

• Record/Play up to 2 Macros
• Nesting allowed

Kept only 4 RGB matrix animations due to size of firmware

• Typing Heatmap => How hot is your WPM! (preferred animation because of LED indicators)
• Matrix Splash => Full gradient & value pulse away from a single key hit then fades value out
• Solid Splash => Hue & value pulse away from a single key hit then fades value out
• Solid Color => Static single hue, no speed support

LED indicators and animations

• White led when Capslock toggle ON
• The brightness of all the other indicator can be adjusted globally with the RGB matrix brightness setting on layer _FN
• White LED indicator for layer selection and current layer identification
• Red and green blinking indicator when "recording" or "playing" Dynamic Macros
• Leader Key LED indicator:
  • Persistent 50% dimmed under-glow on top right corner key
  • Light up at 100% for the duration of the Leader Key timeout when activated
  • Hue, saturation and brightness can be globally adjusted with the RGB matrix settings on layer _FN

3 Layers

• _MAIN: Default layer for Windows OS
• _MAC: Transparent layer that switch left hand modifier KC_LALT and KC_LGUI keys for MacOS
• _FN: Functions & settings layer:
  • Macro 1 & 2 keycodes (Record, Stop, Play) with LED indicators
  • F Keys (F1...F12) on number row
  • RGB matrix & animation settings
  • Screen brightness & volume system controls
  • Layer selection

LAYERS

• Colored keys on the layout visuals below represent the position of the LED indicators on each layer.
• Press down and hold the MO(_FN) key to access the _FN layer
• Double tap on the Capslock key to toggle Capslock ON/OFF
• _TRNS keys use the next lowest non-transparent key (on lower layers)
• _NO keys are ignored (nothing happens)

Layer 0: _MAIN

Layer 1: _MAC

Layer 2: _FN

LEADER KEY BINDINGS

The Leader Key on this layout is triggered by tapping the Capslock key once. Once triggered, we have 450ms between each key press to type any one of the sequences listed below. All sequences are designed to work on both Mac and Windows with an English keyboard OS setting.

• OS and Keyboard Macros
• French Accents
• Special Characters and Ponctuation
• Text Selection Macros
• Expanded Space Cadet Macros
• Text Expanders

Legend:

Acronym	Description
LDR	Leader Key
SFT	Shift key
CTL	Control key
ESC	Escape key
¶	Text cursor position

OS and Keyboard Macros

Output	Sequence	Description
Toggle Capslock	LDR LDR	Single tap Capslock to trigger the LDR key
Delete all previous characters in word on cursor OR;	LDR BACKSPACE	n/a
=> Delete previous word if triggered repeatedly	LDR BACKSPACE	n/a
Delete all forward characters in word on cursor OR;	LDR DEL	n/a
=> Delete next word if triggered repeatedly	LDR DEL	n/a
Backward Delete whole word on cursor	LDR BACKSPACE BACKSPACE	n/a
Forward Delete whole word on cursor	LDR DEL DEL	n/a
Printscreen	LDR INSERT	n/a
Home	LDR PAGE-UP	n/a
End	LDR PAGE-DOWN	n/a
OS: Close current file/tab	LDR W	n/a
OS: Close current application	LDR Q	n/a
OS: Show Desktop(Win) or Mission Control(Mac)	LDR D	The Mac sequence will work with LaunchBar (Cmd+Space)

French Accents

Output	Sequence	Description
ච  or   À¶	LDR A	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
ⶠ  or   ¶	LDR A A	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
ç¶   or   Ƕ	LDR C	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
è¶   or   ȶ	LDR E	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
ê¶   or   ʶ	LDR E E	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
é¶   or   ɶ	LDR /	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled
î¶   or   ζ	LDR I I	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
ô¶   or   Ô¶	LDR O O	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
ù¶   or   Ù¶	LDR U	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.
û¶   or   Û¶	LDR U U	Will output upper character if Capslock enabled.

Special Characters and Punctuation

Output	Sequence	Description
±¶	LDR = -	n/a
≤¶	LDR - =	n/a
≥¶	LDR = =	n/a
=>¶	LDR , ,	n/a
<=¶	LDR . .	n/a
` ¶	LDR ESC	n/a
``` ¶	LDR ESC ESC ESC	n/a
, space ¶	LDR SPACE	n/a
. space ¶	LDR SPACE SPACE	n/a

Text Selection Macros

Output	Sequence
Select everything on this line before cursor	LDR LEFT-ARROW
Select everything on this line after cursor	LDR RIGHT-ARROW
Select everything on this line before cursor up to end of previous line	LDR LEFT-ARROW LEFT-ARROW
Select everything on this line	LDR RIGHT-ARROW LEFT-ARROW
Select 1x Page Up on the page before the cursor	LDR UP-ARROW
Select 1x Page Down on the page after the cursor	LDR DOWN-ARROW
Select everything on the page before the cursor	LDR UP-ARROW UP-ARROW
Select everything on the page after the cursor	LDR DOWN-ARROW DOWN-ARROW

Expanded Space Cadet Macros

Output	Sequence	Description
"¶	LDR '	Will output single double-quote
"¶"	LDR ' '	Will wrap cursor between two double-quotes
"WORD"¶	LDR ' ' '	Will wrap word on cursor between two double-quotes
(¶	LDR LEFT-SFT	Will output single left parenthesis
)¶	LDR RIGHT-SFT	Will output single right parenthesis
(¶)	LDR LEFT-SFT LEFT-SFT	Will wrap cursor between two parenthesis'
(¶)	LDR RIGHT-SFT RIGHT-SFT	Will wrap cursor between two parenthesis'
(WORD)¶	LDR LEFT-SFT W	Will wrap word on cursor between two parenthesis'
(WORD)¶	LDR RIGHT-SFT W	Will wrap word on cursor between two parenthesis'
(SELECTION)¶	LDR LEFT-SFT W W	Will wrap selection between two parenthesis'
(SELECTION)¶	LDR RIGHT-SFT W W	Will wrap selection between two parenthesis'
[¶	LDR LEFT-CTL	Will output single left bracket
]¶	LDR RIGHT-CTL	Will output single right bracket
[¶]	LDR LEFT-CTL LEFT-CTL	Will wrap cursor between two brackets'
[¶]	LDR RIGHT-CTL RIGHT-CTL	Will wrap cursor between two brackets'
[WORD]¶	LDR LEFT-CTL W	Will wrap word on cursor between two brackets'
[WORD]¶	LDR RIGHT-CTL W	Will wrap word on cursor between two brackets'
[SELECTION]¶	LDR LEFT-CTL W W	Will wrap selection between two brackets'
[SELECTION]¶	LDR RIGHT-CTL W W	Will wrap selection between two brackets'
{¶	LDR LEFT-ALT	Will output single left curly brace
}¶	LDR RIGHT-ALT	Will output single right curly brace
{¶}	LDR LEFT-ALT LEFT-ALT	Will wrap cursor between two curly braces'
{¶}	LDR RIGHT-ALT RIGHT-ALT	Will wrap cursor between two curly braces'
{WORD}¶	LDR LEFT-ALT W	Will wrap word on cursor between two curly braces'
{WORD}¶	LDR RIGHT-ALT W	Will wrap word on cursor between two curly braces'
{SELECTION}¶	LDR LEFT-ALT W W	Will wrap selection between two curly braces'
{SELECTION}¶	LDR RIGHT-ALT W W	Will wrap selection between two curly braces'

Text Expanders

Output	Sequence	Description
https://google.ca	LDR G G	n/a
Layout Help URL	LDR ESC ESC ESC ESC ESC	URL to this readme.md page
My Gmail	LDR M L T	You may want to update this before compiling the firmware

STEP BY STEP FLASH INSTRUCTIONS

1. Build the Firmware. Run build command in directory: make dztech/dz65rgb/v2:drootz
   • Approximate firmware size: 27302/28672 (95%, 1370 bytes free)
2. Flash the Firmware:
   • Open QMK Toolbox Application
   • Open firmware file: dztech_dz65rgb_v2_drootz.hex
   • Unplug keyboard USB, and hold the ESC key while plugging it back in
   • Check that QMK Toolbox displays: *** DFU device connected.
   • Hit the flash button!