I am well and truly down the #ErgonomicKeyboard and alternative #KeyboardLayout “rabbit hole”now - touch typing this very slowly on a tweaked variant of the Hands Down Promethium layout which has R on a thumb key (which I started learning on a split keyboard), but directly on my laptop! https://github.com/peterjc/kana-chording-ke/blob/main/hands-down-on-jis-macbook.md #JapaneseMacBook

Hello #FOSS folks. How do you use three keyboard layouts under #KDE #Plasma? The traditional way of Alt+Shift to switch to the next layout is annoying.

Reposts are welcome if you don't know the answer.

This is the oddest #KeyboardLayout I've seen in quite a while: https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/20/bandit-pc32-standalone-colorforth-keyboard-computer-is-powered-by-the-raspberry-pi-rp2350-microcontroller/

And yes, the #OrtholinearKeyboard of that small #handheld computer seems to be a #MechanicalKeyboard, they say it has #Kailh Brown switches, seemingly MX compatible.

Moving around the O and especially the P and L key reminds me of the #keyboard layout of the #Enigma, also because I also already was experimenting with such layouts: https://github.com/xtaran/XTK/blob/master/Painigma27.md

Хлопці та дівчата, допоможіть зрозуміти які там keycodes на підкреслених мною кнопках. Треба саме формат XF86*. Через wev мені просто не виводить половину натиснутих кнопок. Дякую.

#KeyboardLayout #Keyboard #Linux #Wayland

@rada

If anyone knows how to configure Linux to use 2 or more keyboards connected to one system for multi-tasking in multiple programs at the same time, I would like to know.

Why 2 or more keyboards connected to the same system in use at the same time? BECAUSE MULTI-TASK EFFICIENCY! xD

@polloshormones I have a boring one that doesn't emboss and instead looks like a obese #Cybiko with a #ThermalPrinter forced into it:

The #DYMO #LetraTag also has the most #cursed #KeyboardLayout of

Surely I could find a more convenient place for the pipe character than on the second layer and behind a shift, considering how often it's used.

https://configure.zsa.io/moonlander/layouts/dOWaZ/eNdLW/0

Are there any modern mechanical keyboards with a numpad that has cursor/navigation layered, but no additional cursor keys? Similar to the original PC/XT layout? I can’t seem to find any, which baffles me, because otherwise keyboard nerds seem to love layering. But either there’s a numpad PLUS redundant additional cursor keys or no numpad. Why not the best of both worlds???
#MechanicalKeyboard #Keyboards #KeyboardLayout

Hmmmmmm, am I the only one to wonder why computer keyboards have put the „0“ to the far right and the „1“ to the far left? It‘s a constant nuisance to enter binary code… #ComputerSciences #BinaryCode #keyboardlayout

Stupid Apple Keyboard layout! I much prefer the Windows one.

So, we don’t want “CTRL”; let’s rename it “command.” Okie-dokey. And let’s have a “control” button also!

Knock off the “alt” button and have “option” instead! Oh wait, people may get confused. We’ll write both names on the keys for clarity!

And let’s draw confusing icons on each of these keys for easier identification!

And while we’re at that, how about knocking off a few important buttons people are used to, like “Home”, “End”, “PageUp”, “PageDown”.

Lastly, do people really need a button for Backspace and another for Delete? We’ll get them to adjust with just one!

#AppleKeyboardLayout #KeyboardLayout #Apple

Edit: Okay, I was just informed that Apple got there first. Their keyboard layout is older than others’. So, my bad! :) Still, I prefer the other one!

Hey, want to maybe help people like me out, so I don't have to keep begging IT to install #Colemak onto each computer I use at work?

https://www.change.org/p/microsoft-add-colemak-as-a-pre-installed-keyboard-layout-to-windows

Colemak is the third most popular #KeyboardLayout in the world, yet while #Dvorak (2nd) has four options by default in #Windows, Colemak has none and must be added via an installer (and we all know how much IT directors love third-party installers). Colemak has been available for MacOS and Linux by default for years, but #Microsoft still hasn't caught up.

Even if you don't use it, consider helping people like me finally get our favorite keyboard layout added as a first-class citizen in Widows!

An A to Z of keys and keyboards: Keyboard layouts

https://eclecticlight.co/2022/12/12/an-a-to-z-of-keys-and-keyboards-keyboard-layouts/

#keyboardlayout #Technology #keylayout #Language #keyboard #language #keycode #macOS13 #Ukelele #Ventura #emoji #Macs