I have a shiny new QMK/VIAL configurable macro pad and thanks to some magic with the compose key to work around the fact that it can't directly output Unicode, I now have the dedicated interrobang key I've wanted for years.

Cool, huh‽

OK, that's not the real reason I wanted it, but it's a huge bonus.

#Linux #MacroPad #QMK #VIAL #MechanicalKeyboard

A neat thing that I have gotten into: QMK firmware for keyboards and mice. Enormous potential to make things more comfortable/convenient. Good normie-friendly tools in Win/MacOS. But on Linux, the attitude is still "fuck you learn to code". Doesn't help that documentation is scattered, hard to come by, and often amounts to "here's a Discord, go beg"

Genuinely annoying/exhausting

#Desktoplinux #Linux #QMK

New blog post on the Arrow layout, a minimalist, ergonomic, and mnemonic 32-key keyboard layout.

https://fabionatali.com/posts/the-arrow-layout/

#MechanicalKeyboards #QMK

Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

All the industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. Includes CAD models (case, plate, stabilizer, encoder, keycap) for Q, Q Pro, Q HE, K Pro, K Max, K HE, V Max, P HE series and M1–M7 mice. 100+ models. STEP/DXF/PDF formats.

This project is source-available. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.
Language: Python

Stars: 1310 Issues: 4 Forks: 99
https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

#3d_printing #cad #gaming #gaming_keyboard #gaming_mouse #hardware_designs #keyboard #keyboard_firmware #keychron #mechanical_keyboard #mouse #qmk #qmk_firmware #zephyr #zmk #zmk_firmware

Messing about with my #KeyboardLayout again (that’s half the fun of #QMK or #ZMK etc in a programable #MechanicalKeyboard), this time the mechanism to get capital letters without a dedicated shift key… ⇧

I’m giving #AutoShift another go (long press for capitals), alongside #CapWords (like caps lock, but it turns off at the end of a word), and #MagicCommaShift (comma before letter means shift) 🪄 ⇧

. @zmk builds on GitHub Actions have always been uploading artifacts as "firmware.zip". It has always been utter annoying to me.

So I wrote a small GitHub Actions workflow to overcome this: It adds built firmware files to the release as separate files, just like QMK does:

https://github.com/Ardakilic/zmk-config/commit/0a04b0106389c2517413cfe9c695939bd17d5cf8

Example release:

https://github.com/Ardakilic/zmk-config/releases/tag/latest

Might be useful for you. It definitely will be for me :)

I wish this was in core ZMK thogh.

#zmk #qmk #mechanicalkeyboard #githubactions