• Corr@lemm.ee
    5·
    7 months ago

    That seemed like a lot of hurdles to have jumped through but I’m glad you stick with it and that you’re enjoying it.

    I originally thought people were crazy for using 40% boards, but with home row mods I’m now using 34 keys and I would never go back to using a standing row stag 60% again lol.

    Welcome to the ergo split club, and the months of tinkering with your layout until it works the best for you :)

    • ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Thank you! I guess with enough training motor functions will eventually pick up on the c-c-c-c-combos required to type without tripping over every other special character or number. :-) I however feel like below 60 keys every missing key adds one to x where (weeks required to get comfortable with the layout) ^ x, heh. How long did it take you to get fluent?

      • Corr@lemm.ee
        3·
        7 months ago

        It took me about a week or so once I dropped down to 34. Sometimes I would lose a key and that made me realize it needed to be moved if I couldn’t easily remember it.

        One thing I found super helpful was configuring autoshift for non-alpha characters. So now I can hold [ to get { for example, or 2 for @. It’s helped a lot in reducing the size of my keymap. And as I said, home row mods are incredible once you become accustomed to using them.

        If you’re interested I can share my own keymap, which might help you come up with some ideas that help you.

        • ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
          2·
          7 months ago

          Hmm, autoshift… keep on talking, sir! Haven’t tried that/didn’t knew it was a thing. So holding down on 2 for x amount of time would input @? Doesn’t that effectively slow you down? Also, how would you laugh in Brazilian Portuguese, if holding down on a key produces another key? kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

          • Corr@lemm.ee
            3·
            7 months ago

            Yeah, exactly. It does slow you down just a smidge, but it removes the need to do finger gymnastics to hold shift + layer + tap (in this example) 2. Instead, it’s just layer + 2 (hold for like 0.1s). You can also configure it to not apply to alpha characters, which is what I have, so it won’t do anything unless it’s a symbol or a number.
            If you want to hold a character (2), then you tap, release, then hold within a configurable time frame.

            I also think you mentioned it, but combos are also really nice, as is the leader key.
            Leader key you press it and then you input a series of keys (or just one) and it acts as a new key. I have a lot of macros stored under leader key activations, like wrapping a word in (), or writing “->” or " !=" . There’s a deep rabbit hole of customizing you can fall into here :P

  • HejMedDig@feddit.dk
    4·
    7 months ago

    Really nice build, but what a roller coaster of events!

    BTW I have a large flock of seagulls outside my window, arguing very hard for, that birds, in fact are real