Keyboard layout legacies - Hardware talk

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(15-01-2013, 09:34 AM)Vizaari Wrote: Well, you are right for the most part.
However: Here's a little tips for you to optimize you layout:
Read this: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/swap_CapsLock_Ctrl.html

Therefore, on my kb I decided to switch caps lock with mod4, since the mod4 key is in a quite strange place(considering how much use it gets), cramped in between the ctrl and alt key.

It's easier to stretch my hand for Caps+Key combos that pressing controls with palms. I often use ctrl chords (Vim user here) and from my experience ctrl in home row is great. Only issues is that when pressing Ctrl along with Q/A/Z I have to use ring finger for the letter, but it's ok since I don't move whole hand.

I am able to press both Supers with pinkies pretty easily, targeting for bottom row Ctrls is hard though - edges of main key group are hard to reach. I need left Alt because my keyboard layout uses it to make accents (so called European Alt Gr),

Bottom line - I use single home row Ctrl, and it's the most used modifier key. I press Supers with pinkies and both Alts using thumbs. It works.


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Keyboard layout legacies - by Ivyl - 13-01-2013, 06:43 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by crshd - 13-01-2013, 10:44 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by Ivyl - 14-01-2013, 12:21 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by yrmt - 14-01-2013, 05:42 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by Ivyl - 14-01-2013, 07:55 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by halfoff - 18-03-2013, 01:57 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by Okeg - 15-01-2013, 09:34 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by Ivyl - 15-01-2013, 02:04 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by venam - 15-01-2013, 11:08 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by trgc - 04-09-2013, 02:40 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by berk - 04-09-2013, 01:40 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by shtols - 04-09-2013, 06:48 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by berk - 05-09-2013, 02:40 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by yrmt - 06-09-2013, 11:37 AM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by trgc - 06-09-2013, 03:49 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by ichiban - 01-02-2014, 02:38 PM
RE: Keyboard layout legacies - by tbuck153 - 01-02-2014, 05:28 PM