beakl vi

restores the Enter key to the base layer with a swap of the Backspace key from the Shift Layer of the BEAKL Ti layout, resulting in simplified Enter chords throughout the keyboard design.

The following updated set of Splitography keyboard layers for BEAKL Vi are annotated minimally with the notable differences from their BEAKL Ti counterparts. Refer to BEAKL Ti for more detailed descriptions of the layers and their usage/invocation..

base layer

Tap key actions for..

keycode	double tap	double tap (down)	triple tap
Colon	Colon Minus
Enter		repeating Enter

thumb shifts

Tap key actions for..

keycode	double tap	double tap (down)	triple tap
Tilde	Tilde Slash

rolling thumbs

Tab Enter and Shift-Tab Enter sequences are greatly simplified with the placement of the Enter key on the base layer..

home row shift

dot chords

for Period (and corresponding Shift position Question and Exclamation Marks) for next word capitalization..

Tap key actions with Dot* key down for..

keycode	single tap	double tap	triple tap
Space	Dot* Space Shift
Enter	Dot* Enter Shift	Dot* Enter Enter Shift

*Where “Dot” is Period (base layer), Question (thumb shift) or Exclamation Mark (home row shift).

thumb symbols and cursor

Tap key actions for..

keycode	double tap	double tap (down)**	triple tap
Colon			” :: “
Less Than		repeating LessThan	” <- “
Percent		repeating Percent
Greater Than		repeating GreaterThan	” -> “
Equal			” /= “
Asterisk	Dot Asterisk

**The down modifier state for the key necessitates a double tap (down) to distinguish a repeating character. Note: a repeating Tilde is available on the left thumb Shift Layer.

mouse navigation

thumbed numeric keypad

Tap key actions for..

keycode	double tap	triple tap	triple tap (down)
Dot	Colon
Comma	Comma Space

thumb shortcuts and function keys

Both Shift keys down now raise the Shortcuts Layer..

Tap key actions for..

keycode	double tap	triple tap	triple tap (down)
Priv	string
Pub	string

toggle layers

stenography layer

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