keyboard_layouts VS graphite-layout

So it's possible to have a magic key for same-finger bigrams (SFBs) as seen in Magic Sturdy.

https://github.com/Ikcelaks/keyboard_layouts/blob/main/magic...

Regarding chording, you might find inspiration in the chording schemes in Ikcelaks’ Magic Sturdy, the Ardux project, and precondition's "steno-lite" combos.

Beyond reversing, Ikcelaks's Magic Sturdy layout is a showcase of what else can be done. It is a layout where the Alternate Repeat key is placed in easy reach on the right index finger. This is the "magic" in Magic Sturdy. This key is configured to remove SFBs and type common n-grams, or potentially do anything else you want: "this key can be fully dynamic based on the last key press and need not be constrained to logically reversing that keypress." I've been trying Magic Sturdy for the past few weeks, and definitely this is a fun idea.

I've lately been experimenting with variations on Oxey's Sturdy, which is an attractive layout for an unusually strong combination of low redirects and high rolls, yet keeping SFBs and pinky use low. A very interesting mod that I'm using now is Ikcelaks's Magic Sturdy. It incorporates the Alternate Repeat Key as a "magic" key whose function is determined adaptively based on the previous key. This is leveraged to get around the highest SFBs and as a shortcut to type common n-grams.

I have a few layouts and can't choose between them but I am also free to other options. How to choose the best keyboard layout for the matrix keyboard (Moonlander)? I was considering: Graphite, Gallium, and CTGAP

Keyboard layouts that are worth checking out are Canary, Graphite and Semimak. From what I understand they have all been made in the last two years. I'm biased in favor of Canary as it's very similar to Colemak which made the switch easy for me and I find it really comfortable, but the only thing that really matters is your personal experience when actually typing on the layout, not all the statistics that some people obsess over endlessly.

I suspect you have been researching this a lot and have seen it already, but I'd look at the Graphite layout and the Nerps layout as good modern "alternation" focused layouts.

I think the fact these are the only painpoints is also its selling point however, everything else felt pretty great. The ji, column my analyzer came up with took a bit of time to get used to but felt really great after a while (now also found in Graphite which I think is also really good). Both pinkies feel good in fact, and the vowel setup works really well. I alted dy, nothing else really felt worth it. lr middle is not a lot of usage for what that finger can handle but it allows str to be one stroke rather than a redirect (if you were to swap middle and ring which I don't think is quite as good).