this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
37 points (100.0% liked)

ErgoMechKeyboards

5836 readers
2 users here now

Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

Rules

Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

No Spam

No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.

No Buy/Sell/Trade

This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.

Some useful links

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

So I should be getting a ~~Piantor~~Ferris Sweep* from Beekeeb in a number of weeks and I thought I would get a head start and plan my layout - or at least one version of it, influenced heavily by Ben Vallack's video about avoiding press-and-hold mechanics.

Still plenty of fiddling to do. I want to move the WASD-style cursor keys in L3 onto my first three fingers for sure. In fact I've already changed it and made room for insert and added shift as a home key mod on the right. God this is addictive.

*ETA: I am, of course, talking about a Ferris Sweep with two thumb keys as depicted in the drawings not a Piantor, which I was also considering. I guess I was swayed by the alliteration.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What software are you using to plan it out?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google Sheets with lots of cell merges. I'll share the template doc when I'm at my computer later. 👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, but I'd check out keymap-drawer. I've been using this to draw out my keymaps and it's been great!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no that looks gorgeous and very handy (even if I'm more of a Ruby gal).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not my tool by the way. Just one I've found. Wanted to make sure I wasn't being given credit when all I did was stumble upon it 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh no I got what you meant. I appreciate you mentioning it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've used QMK configurator to sketch out keymaps before. You can download your keymap as JSON file and later upload it again to make more changes, or save a few different versions. It can even compile your firmware, but I've not used that feature. No programming required if you only use basic QMK features. It supports Piantor with a 3x5 layout: https://config.qmk.fm/#/beekeeb/piantor/LAYOUT_split_3x5_3