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diff --git a/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md b/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md index ed94a1460d..ed51a9aea5 100644 --- a/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md +++ b/docs/newbs_building_firmware.md @@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ Now that you have setup your build environment you are ready to start building custom firmware. For this section of the guide we will bounce between 3 programs- your file manager, your text editor, and your terminal window. Keep all 3 open until you are done and happy with your keyboard firmware. +## Configure Your Build Environment Defaults (Optional) + +You can configure your build environment to set the defaults and make working with QMK less tedious. Let's do that now! + +Most people new to QMK only have 1 keyboard. You can set this keyboard as your default with the `qmk config` command. For example, to set your default keyboard to `clueboard/66/rev4`: + + qmk config user.keyboard=clueboard/66/rev4 + +?> The keyboard option is the path relative to the keyboard directory, the above example would be found in `qmk_firmware/keyboards/clueboard/66/rev4`. If you're unsure you can view a full list of supported keyboards with `qmk list-keyboards`. + +You can also set your default keymap name. Most people use their GitHub username like the keymap name from the previous steps: + + qmk config user.keymap=<github_username> + ## Create a New Keymap To create your own keymap you'll want to create a copy of the `default` keymap. If you configured your build environment in the last step you can do that easily with the QMK CLI: @@ -45,7 +59,7 @@ When your changes to the keymap are complete you will need to build the firmware qmk compile -If you did not configure your environment, or you have multiple keyboards, you can specify a keyboard and/or keymap: +If you did not configure defaults for your environment, or you have multiple keyboards, you can specify a keyboard and/or keymap: qmk compile -kb <keyboard> -km <keymap> |