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27 lines
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# Brauner's Preonic Keymap
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This is a keymap layout heavily optimized for vim.
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It mostly follows `QWERTY` but moves various symbols on to different layers.
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* Number keys function only as number keys.
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Additional symbols they would produce when `Shift` is held are turned off as they are intercepted.
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* `Y`, `P`, and `X` function as `Ctrl+C`, `Ctrl+V`, and `Ctrl+X` when held.
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This avoids having to hold down `Ctrl` and also aligns regular copy and paste with vim functionality.
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* Various keys perform different functions when tapped than when held.
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* `!` and `?` are on top of `.` on different layers.
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* `\` and `|` are on top of `/` on different layers.
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* `:` and `;` are on top of `,` on different layers.
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* All navigation is done via `H`, `J`, `K`, and `L`.
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* `O`, `U`, `S`, and `A` produce the Umlauts `Ö`, `Ü`, `ß`, and `Ä` when held.
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This relies on the operating system keyboard layout to be set to US Intl.
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* Different layers will activate different types of navigation.
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For example, left, right, up, and down or backspace, page up, page down, and tab.
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* There's a dedicated mouse layer which can be activated allowing to navigate solely with the keyboard where otherwise a mouse or trackpad would be needed.
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* There's a dedicated management layer where the boot loader can be entered or music mode can be turned on or off.
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* Lastly, there's a compositor layer which is optimized for managing a tiling window manager.
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The layer is used specifically via layer-mod keys in the base layer.
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In other words, specific modifiers are held when this layer is accessed.
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* Opening and closing brackets are always located on adjacent keys on the same layer.
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Pressing a matching opening and closing bracket key at the same time will insert both brackets and move the cursor into the middle of the bracket pair.
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As should be obvious, this is useful when programming: `(|)`, `[|]`, `{|}`, `<|>`.
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