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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understand the appeal of a simple layout. As I said, since I put stuff where it works for my brain, it's not much of a problem and only takes a sec to get used to. That said, if it's not your cup of tea then you obviously don't need to add any extra fancy stuff :P.

That said, a different feature to explore: leader key. It's kind of like a sticky combo. I use it for all my macros, most notably: Leader + ; is esc then save in vim Leader + q is esc then save and quit in vim

Keeps your keymap free of macros, which I'm à big fan of, personally. Again not trying to push you into something more complex, just making sure you know what's out there :)