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+# Townk's Keymap
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+Trying to take care of an enjury on my arm I borrow an ergonomic keyboard from
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+a frient ([Kinesis Advantage](http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-pro-for-pc-mac/)).
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+I really enjoyed my time with it but there were some anoyancies:
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+* The curvature on the keys bothered me since I'm a Vim user and using the
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+ motion keys on my editor was awkard.
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+* I had to spend too much time remapping the keyboard to make some symbol keys
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+ more accessible to me.
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+* The fact that my hands had to stay close to each other was a bit stressfull
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+ to my sholders.
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+After a long research I find out that Ergodox EZ would be perfect for my needs
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+and purchase one. Before the keyboard even got in my hands I started to think
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+on the layout I would use on it and soon enough I planed couple adjustments
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+from the Kinesis I was using so far.
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+
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+## The layout
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+Here are the layout mapping in images so you can have a glimpse on it:
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+Notice that, differently from the default behavior, my layer keys are not transparent
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+by default, which means that if you press any non-labeled white key, nothing will be
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+handled to the OS.
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+
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+### One shot keys
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+It all started with the access to the function keys (F1, F2, F3...), since
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+those keys are located on a different layer I needed a way to press them with
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+minimal effort without disrupting my flow.
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+For me, togglihg a layer to press a button and than toggle it back is a waste
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+of time (although I admit it's a single tap from what I have), so I decided to
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+do it as a one shot key. I could press it and the next pressed key would be
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+handled by the target layer which just after it delivers the key to the OS it
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+would get back to the previous layer.
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+After setting up my layout to do just that I realized that occasionally I
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+would stop myseld on the middle of the process and the one shot layer would be
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+still triggered until I press any other key. So to prevent me from tapping
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+keys I don't want I added a timeout of 3 seconds for the one shot actions.
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+Ultimately I tested the shift key as a one shot one and really like it, so
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+here you have it, all the one shot keys on my layout.
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+
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+## Glossary
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+If you're not familiar with the Mac symbols used on some keys, here is a
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+reference to them:
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+| Symbol | Description |
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+| :----: | ------------------- |
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+| ⌘ | Command |
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+| ⇪ | Caps Lock |
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+| ⇧ | Shift |
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+| ⌥ | Option (alt) |
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+| ⎋ | Esc |
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+| ⇥ | Tab forward |
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+| ⇤ | Tab backward |
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+| ⌃ | Control |
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+| ␣ | Space |
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+| ⌫ | Backspace |
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+| ⌦ | Delete |
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+| ⏎ | Enter |
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+| ⌤ | Return |
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+| ⌽ | Power on/off button |
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+| ↖ | Home |
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+| ↘ | End |
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+| ⇞ | Page up |
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+| ⇟ | Page down |
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+| ⌧ | Clear |
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