keyboard-configurator VS qmk_firmware

Many or most of their keyboards are configurable these days. See https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator

Reported at https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator/issues/195 - I get a failure from dfu-programmer trying to update using the alternate update method with the keyboard-configurator app (because fwupdmgr won't update it because of the firmware bug that the new firmware addresses).

I found the ticket regarding Fn lock https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator/issues/159

keyboard-configurator

Good. I bought Darter Pro recently and had to - business as usual under Linux - compile this and tweak that. Via things like their keyboard configurator[1] I was exposed me to Rust's GTK bindings. It wasn't pretty: the mismatch between the obviously object-oriented GTK and Rust which doesn't do (and doesn't want to) OOP was glaring. I understand the appeal of Rust very well, and I'm happy they write their drivers and (parts of) firmware in it, but it's about as fit for OOP-based GUI as Go and Erlang. Which is to say - not very much.

[1] https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator

That's exactly what it's meant for, but the frontend of the configurator app doesn't seem to list those characters. You may consider opening an issue and relating to this one: https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator/issues/105

Probably a good issue to open here: https://github.com/pop-os/keyboard-configurator

Impressive evolutionary history for your various keyboard and keyboard-focused tool preferences! Would like to know more.

Curious to know if you have any thoughts about the Eucalyn layout. It's a layout focused on Japanese, Vim, and Dvorak: https://eucalyn.hatenadiary.jp/entry/about-eucalyn-layout

Shameless plug, this is my Dvorak/Vim focused layout: https://github.com/1MachineElf/qmk_firmware/tree/_sb4dv/keyb...

I've been using it since 2016 and I love it. I guess you could say I'm deep in the rabbit hole of Dvorak.

I can switch between Dvorak and QWERTY in just seconds.

I can spot when someone else is a Dvorak typist based on their typos: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29407601

I have a custom Dvorak layout for any ortholinear keyboard with at least 36 keys: https://github.com/1MachineElf/qmk_firmware/tree/_sb4dv/keyb...

Sometimes I go on odd rants about how common shortcuts can be easier to use in Dvorak in combination with a left-handed mouse: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26796214

So how did you go about learning it? My pathway was GNU Typist: https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/gtypist/gtypist.h...

What made you want to learn it? For me, the Dymaxion map in this XKCD cartoon appealed to me because I liked XML and shoes with toes (like Vibrams): https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/977:_Map_Projecti...

With One Shot Mods (OSMs), I do something similar, but also much more basic with my Small Board 4 Dvorak (SB4DV) layout: https://github.com/1MachineElf/qmk_firmware/tree/_sb4dv/keyb...

I don't go much beyond OSMs because the necessary precision required for a lot of the tapping features can become tedious, sometimes frustrating.

- open source design

I'm also a fan of two choices made with the layout. First, the split spacebars - it's better to give each thumb it's own job. Second, the minimization of modifier keys requiring stabilizers, because smooth consistent stabilizers are hard to get right.

[0] https://github.com/1MachineElf/qmk_firmware/tree/_sb4dv_refa...