Killmak

Basic Featureset

"Wide Angle Modification"

Right hand has shifted one column.

_Rationale

Less stress on right wrist

Layout is now symmetrical

Shift R + Level5 is easier to reach.

"8 Layer Layout"

Allows ~200 extra character inputs on 8 layers, Accessible by these modifiers:

Shift

Level3 aka Altgr

Level5

How to access layer:
1. No modifiers
2. Shift
3. Level3
4. Level3 + Shift
5. Level5
6. Level5 + Shift
7. Level5 + Level3
8. Level5 + Level3 + Shift

Add these to lines to enable within any layout found here:
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/

				
include "level3(lalt_switch)" // Left  Alt
include "level5(ralt_switch)" // Right Alt
			

^{Caution: Make backups.}

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Number Pad

• 1230 are most common; placed on home row.
• 0 and O share the same key.
• Close access to math operators -+.,#%$*/;:=.
• 10× less searching compared to 1234567890 layout.

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Common Symbols

_{Positioning Rationale}
• ? ! Left hand, often proceeded by right hand linebreaks.
• ! Keeps original position.
• [ ] Easy access for Arrays / Regex.
• ) ( Reversed to optimize finger rolling, and (); trigram:
• " Easy access, mirrors '.
• ' Right hand to optimize 's bigram.
• { } Hard to reach: Uncommon and typically handled by editors.
• / * optimized for comments.
• \ Right corner: Resembles Escape motion. Optimized for \t \n \r
• ; : = All similar and resembles Return. On Pinky and Ring fingers for sentence ending.
• Prior Next aka Page Up Page Down optimized for document scrolling and trackpoints.
• _ optimized for object naming. No modifiers, as shifting that position is painful.

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Uncommon Symbols

_{Positioning Rationale}
• @ resembles Q
• & resembles B
• $ resembles Z
• × resembles X
• ~ resembles W
• ` is on C, "aCute"
• | is on V, "Vertical pipe"
• % is on M, "Modulus"
• # is on H, "Hash"
• < and > Easy Access for writing html etc.
• ^ is next to < and >
• + and - is next to the Numbers, with - easiest to access

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Directional Keys

• Without the "Wide Angle Mod", the thumb will cramp up reaching for Level5
• Amazing for document editing.

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Letters

• Capslock and Enter replaced by Shift
• Shift's are replaced by Control
• Shift's are 3× more comfortable
• Control's are 5× more comfortable
• Capslock not missed. Prefer Shift over Backspace or Escape

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Return

• Placed on o as vim uses o to return newlines.
• 1.3× more difficult to use.

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Functional Keys

• Backspace Pinky: Deletes Left.
• 'D'elete Index: Deletes Right.
• Escape feels best on Ring Finger.
• End and Home inspired by common vim modifications:
• InSert: Edit at beginning of line.
• Append [T]: Edit at end of line.
• Backspace 10× more convenient.
• Delete 20× more convenient.
• Escape 15× more convenient.
• Home and End 200× more convenient.

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Todo

[ Difficult to impliment ]

Map characters or functions to the modifier keys, that only execute upon a key release. For example:

1. Press Shift and no other keys.
2. If you release it within 1 second, Its alternative key would execute.

And that's that.

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Lazy Installation

WARNING
Replaces your default Colemak.
• /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us

Configuration Files

• ~/.zshrc
• ~/.vimrc
• ~/.config/sc-im/scimrc
• ~/.config/qutebrowser/config.py