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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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## 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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![Base Layout](townk_osx_base.png)
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![fn Layout](townk_osx_fn.png)
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![Keypad & Mouse Layout](townk_osx_keypad.png)
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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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### 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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## 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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