halmak VS miryoku

Since you asked in the video about ideal keymapping, I thought I'd throw my preferred layout, Halmak, out there: check it out: https://github.com/MadRabbit/halmak. it takes into account key frequency as well as key combination frequency. I don't know if it the best layout theoretically possible but,well, I think it's neat

And now I'm actually quite interested in trying out the HALMAK layout ... https://github.com/MadRabbit/halmak ... a very recent AI optimized configuration that's apparently 134% more efficient than QUERTY.

Considered both of those plus some others, but decided that if I was going to dive in with an alternate layout I was going to go all in, so I'm stepping straight to Halmak, though obviously there's some slight adjustments to fit it down to 42 keys. Assuming that goes well, it's what I'll be putting on my lumberjacks and eventually sofle when those get built. All my staggered boards will be staying qwerty though so I have something to game on without changing every keybinding, and so that I don't render myself incapable of using other people's boards.

An AI designed keyboard layout\ (77 comments)

I've seen https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku but it doesn't appear to be easily modified.

A 75% keyboard still require quite a lot of wrist movement, which is not ideal in your situation. It's better to learn to use layers, you could still have all the function keys and such with a 36 or 34 keys. With with such a small keyboard you don't need to move your wrist while typing. A Corne or even a Ferris Sweep can do the job with a proper keymap, like Miryoku.

If you prefer to have semicolon on Base you'd substitute custom Base, Nav, and Sym layers, swapping semicolon and slash, with https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/discussions/85.

The Miryoku layout [1] has a dedicated number layer which turns the left half into a number pad. Practical (once you get used to it) and portable.

[1] https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku

It's understandable if some people would prefer a larger layout. I wouldn't argue people should be using smaller keyboards.

It's "I don't mind moving my hand to hit the key" vs "I don't mind holding down some Fn key to hit the key". (Or with F1-F12 on Macbooks, you need to both hold down a Fn key and move your hand).

For an example of "36 keys ... how", I think the popular miryoku layout is fascinating. https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/tree/master/docs/re... -- Often, mnemonics for particular keys aren't all that complicated.

Except for those who use Miryoku, which is not optimized for software development, probably every single person here will have its own custom keymap.

The keyboard on the other desk is a wireless Corne low profile kit I built up a while back using a couple nice!nano controllers and their low power display too. For general typing I don't have much of a problem going back and forth between the two, but the Corne is only 34 keys and I use a complex layout called Miryoku to get access to most symbols and functions I have by default on my 360.