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-# callum’s planck layout
+# callum's planck layout
This is a layout for the grid planck, built with a few ideals in mind:
- Consistent and minimal response times should be maintained. Keys that react
differently depending on whether they are tapped or held, keys that react
- differently if they are double tapped, etc. should be avoided -- they
- inevitably send their keycode later than a normal key -- interrupting the
+ differently if they are double tapped, etc. should be avoided – they
+ inevitably send their keycode later than a normal key – interrupting the
immediate feedback from the screen. Therefore we restrict ourselves to
chording as our only means of getting more than one symbol out of a single
physical key.
@@ -17,7 +17,22 @@ This is a layout for the grid planck, built with a few ideals in mind:
- There should be two of every modifier (one on each side), otherwise certain
long key combinations become hard to make.
-A layout graphic can be found [here][keyboard-layout-editor] (excludes window
-management keys).
+- It should be possible to do things you might want to do while using the mouse
+ with only the left hand (e.g. change tabs, navigate back or forwards in
+ browser history).
-[keyboard-layout-editor]: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/ade5ec1f814bf83046489a4b632575ff
+- Symbols should be arranged so that the most frequently used are easiest to
+ reach. This includes numbers, and lower numbers are more commonly used than
+ higher ones. (number arrangement borrowed from [dustypomeleau's minidox
+ layout][].
+
+Layout rendered with [keyboard-layout-editor.com][]:
+
+![](https://callum-oakley.github.io/images/keymap.png)
+
+The only behaviour not captured in this graphic is: pressing both cmd keys will
+send cmd+ctrl. See [keymap.c][] for details.
+
+[dustypomeleau's minidox layout]: https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/minidox/keymaps/dustypomerleau
+[keyboard-layout-editor.com]: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com
+[keymap.c]: keymap.c