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Title: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: Jubjub on Thu, 23 June 2016, 17:38:43
Hey Guys,
First time ever posting here. I was working with the keyboard layout editor ( http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ ) and talking with someone from GMK. It looks like the color options presets are out of date on the keyboard layout editor.
Here is the image I got from GMK.
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Does anyone know who I'd contact to try and get the color options updated?
Thanks,
Jubjub
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: joey on Thu, 23 June 2016, 17:43:10
You could try PMing ijprest here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30503
Or if you have a github account you can open an issue here: https://github.com/ijprest/keyboard-layout-editor
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: Jubjub on Thu, 23 June 2016, 18:13:10
Cool, I went ahead and submitted an issue on github.
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: ideus on Thu, 23 June 2016, 18:28:12
It will be great to have updated colors in the keyboard layout editor. I have been using it recently and I found it to be very useful, but the colors, also, some common symbols, like the arrows in Cherry shift keys are not available.
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: Jubjub on Thu, 23 June 2016, 19:39:45
Yep, I'm trying to put together a DSA sky dolch set. Super freaking handy tool.
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:15:26
Hey Guys,
First time ever posting here. I was working with the keyboard layout editor ( http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ ) and talking with someone from GMK. It looks like the color options presets are out of date on the keyboard layout editor.
Here is the image I got from GMK.
(Attachment Link)

Does anyone know who I'd contact to try and get the color options updated?
Thanks,
Jubjub

Welcome to Geekhack!

Thank you for your contribution.  it's little things like that that most people wouldn't notice that helps keep us all on the straight and narrow :)
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:17:31
Yep, I'm trying to put together a DSA sky dolch set. Super freaking handy tool.
But GMK colors won't match up with DSA as DSA is made by SP. :confused:
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: Jubjub on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:22:47
But GMK colors won't match up with DSA as DSA is made by SP. :confused:

I was talking with the person from Originative who made the set and they said that SP has the Dolch colors, so I just need to find a decent cyan color. Likely won't be perfect, but should be able to get darn close.
Now, which greys are the dolch greys,....is a whole different conundrum.
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: romevi on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:50:39
But GMK colors won't match up with DSA as DSA is made by SP. :confused:

I was talking with the person from Originative who made the set and they said that SP has the Dolch colors, so I just need to find a decent cyan color. Likely won't be perfect, but should be able to get darn close.
Now, which greys are the dolch greys,....is a whole different conundrum.

Just use SP's colors. You can ask what they used for DSA and find a matching sky blue.
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: Jubjub on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:54:42
Yeah, looking at the SP Dolch colors, they look kinda brown compared to the GMK colors. I'm kinda thinking of winging it with the colors. Not sure which SP greys to use. BBJ seems like the best blue that SP has for this.
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/template/images/absblue.jpg

Thoughts?
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:11:16
Yeah, looking at the SP Dolch colors, they look kinda brown compared to the GMK colors. I'm kinda thinking of winging it with the colors. Not sure which SP greys to use. BBJ seems like the best blue that SP has for this.
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/template/images/absblue.jpg

Thoughts?

Sometimes that is the problem - too many colours to choose from, and the resulting keycap set never looks in real life quite how it looks in photos.
Title: Re: Out of date GMK colors in the keyboard layout editor
Post by: Jubjub on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:24:52
Yeah, maybe it's best not to try to perfectly match, and mostly just get something that's close and works well together. I'm thinking GEW, and BBj, and a different gray.