I think it's a great idea to have swapped F keys on default layer and i love Fn2 Layer.
Have you tried to swap Enter and Shift for the right hand on default layer? Did it feel too weird?
I'd really like to experiment with assigning backspace to the right space as i realized i only use my left hand to hit space on my keyboard.
I'm a bit confuse however as to why there is no AltGr key on the right keypad, i mean i can see it's because of the right shift taking two keys slots but for me it's a key that is really needed.
Anyway i can't wait to get my hands on it !!!
Thanks!
I rarely use AltGr, but Ctrl_R is a special key for virtualization. Since Ctrl-Alt-Del would reboot the host, Ctrl_R-Del is used to reboot just the VM. However, there is no reason I couldn't put Ctrl_R
on the left, and swap it out with AltGr on the right.
Looking at the Fn and Fn2 layers, I found some issues. #1 is that most of Fn2 is redundant. #2 is that if you remove the redundant keys from Fn2, there is no overlap between Fn and Fn2, so why not just combine them in a single Fn layer?
More important is the fact that the Teensy is on the RH GH36, but the Fn2 key is on the LH. That means that if you plugged in
just the RH (master) GH36, you couldn't put the master half into Fn2 mode to use it as a stand-alone numpad! That is bad!
So I am trying to put a locking Fn or Fn2 key on the RH. That way you could use just the master half as a numpad, or connect them to make a split keyboard.
Finally, I also use only one thumb for the space bar; but in my case it is the right thumb. However, I
never use a thumb to hit a bottom-row mod; those are pinky keys. So putting the Shift keys on the bottom row feels weird. However, so does putting Enter down there, and I use that quite a lot as well. In the end, I figured it was less weird to use my left thumb for Space than my right thumb for Enter. I might try putting Shift_R on a vertical 2x (numpad Enter position) and Enter on a 2x vertical key above that (numpad +). Sadly, that reduces the available switches, and I quite like having the apostrophe where it belongs.
Anyhow, thanks for the input. The good news is that
you can put
your keys wherever you want on your GH36x2!
- Ron | samwisekoi