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diff --git a/keyboards/planck/keymaps/cbbrowne/readme.md b/keyboards/planck/keymaps/cbbrowne/readme.org index e55b130ef..2b1005858 100644 --- a/keyboards/planck/keymaps/cbbrowne/readme.md +++ b/keyboards/planck/keymaps/cbbrowne/readme.org @@ -1,20 +1,18 @@ -cbbrowne custom keyboard -============================== +* cbbrowne custom keyboard -Due to cbbrowne@acm.org -Christopher Browne + Due to cbbrowne@acm.org + Christopher Browne -This was originally based on the default keyboard map, but I have been -doing sundry experimentation: + This was originally based on the default keyboard map, but I have + been doing sundry experimentation: -1. Useful Experiments ----------------------------------------- +** Useful Experiments - * It made sense to mess around some with keyboard maps. + - It made sense to mess around some with keyboard maps. - I added a keypad, originally based on keymaps/numpad.c, but mighty substantially revised, as that one seems to be rotated 90 degrees from usual conventions for number pads - * The keypad layer also includes some sample "hacks" of cool things, + - The keypad layer also includes some sample "hacks" of cool things, all using actions attached in using the function action_get_macro() - Key [1][2] aka "q" types out my name, cbbrowne, as a fun example of a key generating a bunch of keystrokes. The keystroke is @@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ doing sundry experimentation: - Key [2][2] aka "a" uses a random number generator to select a digit 0-9 at random - Key [3][2] aka "z" uses a random number generator to select a letter a-z at random - Key [1][3] aka "e" spits out the keymap version number - * Trying out sgoodwin's "hold Enter down to get Shift" + - Trying out sgoodwin's "hold Enter down to get Shift" - Liking this Quite Well Enough... - Applied this to both Shift and Quote - It seems likely that Alt should get a right-hand-side, akin to this... @@ -33,11 +31,11 @@ doing sundry experimentation: - Emacs likes this!!! :-) - I'm suspicious that I'll want to shift ROT_LED another location over, so some modifier can replace the OS/KC_LGUI key - * I have added an alternate ADJUST layer that is activated via update_tri_layer() + - I have added an alternate ADJUST layer that is activated via update_tri_layer() - e.g. - LOWER+RAISE simultaneously - This seems entirely more useful for handling my "special keys" like the random numbers, user name, and such, than the keypad layer - * The _ADJUST layer provides a good place to have RESET + - The _ADJUST layer provides a good place to have RESET - But this isn't strictly enough; I want RESET somewhat accessible from main layer lest an error hide that layer - I never use the OS/KC_LGUI key (that's Command on MacOS, Windows @@ -45,8 +43,7 @@ doing sundry experimentation: some sort -2. Some code structure ideas ---------------------------------------------------- +** Some code structure ideas Each layer is given a name to aid in readability, which is then used in the keymap matrix below. The underscores do not denote @@ -65,57 +62,55 @@ doing sundry experimentation: to care (beyond "start at 0", and arguably even that's not needed) about their values. -3. Things I did not like about the default mapping ---------------------------------------------------------- +** Things I did not like about the default mapping - * I found control too hard to get to. I use it more than Tab, so + + - I found control too hard to get to. I use it more than Tab, so switched it there. - * Having dash on [lower-j] is a bit nonintuitive, but may be OK - * I switched ESC/TAB/M(0) around - * I'm suspicious that I want to shift M(0) from [4][1] to [4][2], + - Having dash on [lower-j] is a bit nonintuitive, but may be OK + - I switched ESC/TAB/M(0) around + - I'm suspicious that I want to shift M(0) from [4][1] to [4][2], and shift ESC off the first column so KC_LCTL and KC_LALT can be on the first column. - * I needed to swap ' and ENTER + - I needed to swap ' and ENTER -4. Unuseful experiments ---------------------------------------------------------- +** Unuseful experiments I have tried some things out that didn't turn out particularly well. I'll note some of these for posterity, hopefully helpful in not doing unwise things again... - * I tried added Workman alongside Dvorak and Colemak + - I tried added Workman alongside Dvorak and Colemak - Boy, oh boy, these don't help!!! - I have done 30 years of learning of Emacs key mappings, and these alternative keyboards massively mess me up - * Space Cadet Shift; switching L_SHIFT to KC_LSP0, so that when I + - Space Cadet Shift; switching L_SHIFT to KC_LSP0, so that when I just hit SHIFT, I get a left parens. In principle, this is great for Lisping. - Unfortunately, there are times when mouse interfaces use SHIFT to allow selecting multiple items, and this really interferes with that -5. TODO ---------------------------------------------------------- +** TODO - * I use tmux quite a lot; the mollat keymap seems to have some + - I use tmux quite a lot; the mollat keymap seems to have some interesting helpers. It might be interesting to add a "tmux layer," or to have a few keys in a layer oriented towards that - Keys for... - Picking windows 0 thru 8 - next/prev/new window - * The mollat tmux layer also suggests some thoughts about Emacs + - The mollat tmux layer also suggests some thoughts about Emacs helpers. - * I do not presently have anything that handles X11 screen + - I do not presently have anything that handles X11 screen switching, as with Control-Alt-various - * I ought to probably look into KC_LEAD, to have some key combos + - I ought to probably look into KC_LEAD, to have some key combos that do not need to be concurrent - * The jeebak keymap seems to have some neat ideas: + - The jeebak keymap seems to have some neat ideas: - Number layer which is aggressive about having numbers in several places - TouchCursor layer seems interesting - It sets up a layer with cursor keys on the home keys - * The jeremy-dev keymap has some very interesting concepts + - The jeremy-dev keymap has some very interesting concepts - Shift hands outwards; the special keys go in the center - Symbol layer has some compound keys for C operators like /=, *=, -=, +=, ... - This is likely what I'll use for my XD75re, and maybe I'll fork a |