is a subtle variant of the BEAKL Zi configuration..
providing alternate fingering by moving the Question and Exclamation marks from the thumb Symbol Layer to the Base Layer Shift Dot and Comma key positions..
The Punctuation* chords remain in their identical locations as the punctuation key locations do not change..
Tap key actions with Punctuation* key down for..
keycode | single tap | double tap |
---|---|---|
Space | Punctuation* Space Shift | … |
Enter | Punctuation* Enter Shift | Punctuation* Enter Enter Shift |
The one keyboard affected is the Splitography which looses the punctuation chord punctuation chord for the Semicolon, Question and Exclamation marks (a low frequency character sacrifice) due to the current firmware handling of Shift-Space as Enter.
adjusting the Symbol Layer with the displaced Tilde and Grave..
Tap key actions for..
keycode | double tap | double tap (down) |
---|---|---|
Less Than* | ” <- “ | repeating LessThan |
Greater Than* | ” -> “ | repeating GreaterThan |
Percent | repeating Percent | |
Dot | Dot Slash | |
Tilde | Tilde Slash | repeating Tilde |
Equal | Exclamation Equal | repeating Equal |
Asterisk | Dot Asterisk |
relocating the Question and Exclamation marks produces a subtly smoother writing experience (IMO) with the more nimble index finger Shift—and can be rationalized as a more logical positioning as well. As always, YMMV..