pabloescobyte

pabloescobyte t1_j98v0js wrote

I'll take one of each please! Love my Preonic to death though I'd gladly take that bottom one off your hands if it was ever for sale...

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pabloescobyte OP t1_j98ookm wrote

MiniVan with 78g Zilents up top, Preonic with Gateron Yellows at bottom.

Having found the perfect keymap that worked for me with my MiniVan, jumping to Ortho was much, much easier than going to a 40% from a larger keyboard.

Despite the Preonic having one extra row I've kept my layout largely the same from the MiniVan.

F-key row is RSPACEBAR+ZXCVB row (F1) with UpArrow, Forward Slash and Colon as F10, F11 and F12 respectively.

Numbers are RSPACEBAR+ASDF (1-0)

Shifted symbols are on RSPACEBAR+QWERTY (Q=!, W=@, etc)

I went with two 2U spacebars as I find it more comfortable to use that way. Left SPACEBAR is just a regular spacebar, right SPACEBAR is Tap-Mod and doubles as a FN-key/layer toggle.

The first mod to the right of RSPACEBAR is a layer toggle for an embedded Numpad layer under QWE/ASD/ZXC with the surrounding keys mirroring a Numpad.

FWD SLASH uses Tap Dance so it's Backslash when tapped twice. The COLON is my ENTER key, CAPSLOCK+ENTER is SEMICOLON. The TILDE/BACKTICK key is UNDERSCORE and TILDE when double tapped (I spend a lot of time in the Terminal and Linux in general).

CAPSLOCK+Q/E is Home/End, CAPSLOCK+T/G is PgUp/PgDn, CAPSLOCK+Y/H/M is VolUp/VolDn/Mute

I write a lot of code so CAPSLOCK+U/I/J/K/M/, are the paired braces {} respectively with CAPSLOCK+O/P/L/' are _+-=

I switch the default layout back and forth when I'm on my mac and when I'm in Windows/Linux.

The only thing different is that I use Home Row mods on mac OS and the modifiers as swapped over. Also Home/End on the Mac I have it mapped to COMMAND+LEFTARROW/RIGHTARROW since that's how it is on the mac and I have LSPACE+ESC is COMMAND+BACKTICK so I can swap open windows quickly.

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pabloescobyte t1_j8wf818 wrote

Follow your nose! I like it. Wish the backtick/tilde key was white to keep it uniform though. Looks fantastic either way though don't get me wrong.

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pabloescobyte t1_j8plq00 wrote

Mostly Group Buy and custom boards around here. Vortex used to be super big a long while ago but the market is much more saturated now. I mean even Model M and buckling spring boards are few and far between these days--usually bigger crowd at GeekHack.

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pabloescobyte t1_j8p28dr wrote

Reply to Dots? DOTS! by regz999

Dots amore!

Dots in ISO looks awesome especially on a Mode keyboard. The vertical line on the Enter gives it a nice focal point.

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pabloescobyte t1_j4qj7ux wrote

Reply to comment by was-ist-sein in Purple and Black by wayduh

I use my spacebars with Mod-Tap functionality so holding them down acts as an FN to access layers.

Also I'm used to having just three modifiers to the left and find it's easier to actuate a 2U spacebar than a 1u spacebar with my left thumb.

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