miryoku VS miryoku_zmk

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.

Any board referenced in the zmk miryoku repo is well supported and u/manna-harbour or I can help get just about any zmk supported board into the miryoku zmk config repo if it isn’t already

I don't see the problem here. https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku_zmk

Here's a sample build run: https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku_zmk/actions/runs/4763442339

I'm using the Miryoku layout, so it's hidden on a layer.

I have access to all the modifier keys (ctrl, shift, alt, windows/gui) on every layer using miryoku. I don't have any shortcuts that include more than one non-modifier key, do you have any examples? All the shortcuts I've ever used in windows or linux are modifier + other key or modifier + modifier + other key, so having the modifiers on every layer (and also being able to press any combination of modifier keys) is enough to type any shortcut.

See https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku_zmk#supported-keyboards, and in particular see https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/discussions/81 and search for skeletyl. tbkmini_adapterv2 is included and should work for skeletyl. Here's a sample build run: https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku_zmk/actions/runs/4410421001.

I’m not sure about kmk, I’ve never built a firmware with that project. The Miryoku zmk repo has this layout as default for 2 thumb key boards. I’ve only changed the tap timing and added mouse keys from stock

I know you're asking about switches, but I switched to a 36-key keyboard using the miryoku layout in large part because it removes most of the job of my pinkies which I feel were being abused by normal keyboards... pinkies just shouldn't have that much responsibility. The other main reason is I love numpad typing and the idea of having access to a numpad through a layer button without moving my hand out of the home position was appealing. I only sorta touch typed numbers prior to this switch and now I am very much touch typing numbers since I could always touch type on the numpad, but didn't like moving my hand over there.

The Advantage360 Professional in Miryoku ZMK is the one from the PR you linked. You can build that using `adv360_left` and `adv360_right` for the board, according to the Miryoku ZMK docs, either locally or via GitHub actions. If you're new to ZMK, see the Miryoku ZMK Quickstart Guide. Here's a sample build run. I can also add the one from the Kinesis ZMK fork if you want to use that instead.

See the quickstart guide to get started with workflow builds, then the options you need for the mouse keys PR are described above. Here's a sample build run for corne with mouse keys PR and you can see the build options used from here.