keychron_qmk_firmware/keyboards/contra/keymaps/basic_qwerty/readme.md
Stephon Parker e5e7039368
[Keymap] Contra - QWERTY US basic layout; MechWild Marcuio - EN update layout (#16787)
Co-authored-by: Joel Challis <git@zvecr.com>
Co-authored-by: Drashna Jaelre <drashna@live.com>
Co-authored-by: Ryan <fauxpark@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Stephon Parker <stephonparker@Stephons-MacBook-Pro.local>
2022-05-12 23:36:12 -07:00

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A Basic QWERTY Layout

The Contra layer was something that I didn't see widely utilized as a US standard so I tweaked the basic layout layout by Jack Humbert. It's closer to the standard layout you would get on a US keyboard. I also moved the rest of the special characters to the lower layer.

This is almost the same as my MechWild Marcuio keyboard.

A Basic Contra Layout

The default layout currently (as of Mar 19, 2018) has a lot of components from Planck's default layout and is not very suitable for a basic Contra board. This basic layout is developed from Planck's default layout but has removed the parts that's irrelevant to a Contra board.

My other keyboard is a HHKB and I don't use Tab or Esc key that much and hence the unusual placements for those keys.

QWERTY (Normal) Layer

,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 | Esc  |   Q  |   W  |   E  |   R  |   T  |   Y  |   U  |   I  |   O  |   P  | Bksp |
 |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
 | Tab  |   A  |   S  |   D  |   F  |   G  |   H  |   J  |   K  |   L  |   ;  |  '   |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
 | Shift|   Z  |   X  |   C  |   V  |   B  |   N  |   M  |   ,  |   .  |   /  |Enter |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
 | CAPS | Tab  | Alt  | GUI  |Lower |    Space    |Raise | Left |Right |  Up  |Down  |
 `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Lower

,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 |   ~  |   !  |   @  |   #  |   $  |   %  |   ^  |   &  |   *  |   (  |   )  | Bksp |
 |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
 | Del  |  F1  |  F2  |  F3  |  F4  |  F5  |  F6  |   _  |   +  |   {  |   }  |  |   |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |  F7  |  F8  |  F9  |  F10 |  F11 |  F12 |   -  |   =  |   [  |   ]  |  \   |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |      |      |      |      |             |      | Next | Vol- | Vol+ | Play |
 `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Raise

,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 |   `  |   1  |   2  |   3  |   4  |   5  |   6  |   7  |   8  |   9  |   0  | Bksp |
 |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
 | Del  |  F1  |  F2  |  F3  |  F4  |  F5  |  F6  |   -  |   =  |   [  |   ]  |  \   |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |  F7  |  F8  |  F9  |  F10 |  F11 |  F12 |ISO # |ISO / |Pg Up |Pg Dn |      |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |      |      |      |      |             |      | Next | Vol- | Vol+ | Play |
 `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'

Adjust

AGnorm and AGswap switches alt and os key on the keyboard.

,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |  Del |
 |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |      |      |      |      |AGnorm|AGswap|Qwerty|      |      |      |      |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
 |      |      |      |      |      |             |      |      |      |      |      |
 `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'