keychron_qmk_firmware/layouts/community/ergodox/replicaJunction/readme.md
Jack Humbert d2ff66a985 Creates a layouts/ folder for keymaps shared between keyboards (#1609)
* include variables and .h files as pp directives

* start layout compilation

* split ergodoxes up

* don't compile all layouts for everything

* might seg fault

* reset layouts variable

* actually reset layouts

* include rules.mk instead

* remove includes from rules.mk

* update variable setting

* load visualizer from path

* adds some more examples

* adds more layouts

* more boards added

* more boards added

* adds documentation for layouts

* use lowercase names for LAYOUT_

* add layout.json files for each layout

* add community folder, default keymaps for layouts

* touch-up default layouts

* touch-up layouts, some keyboard rules.mk

* update documentation for layouts

* fix up serial/i2c switches
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replicaJunction - Ergodox (EZ) Layout

I designed this layout, along with my complimentary Atreus layout, to address the challenge of having an Ergodox as my primary home keyboard and an Atreus as my primary work board. I wanted a layout that provided symbols in comfortable locations on both keyboards - but didn't require me to learn two separate sets of symbols for the two keyboards.

I had originally used several keys as dual-role keys, where a tap would send a keypress and a long press and hold would trigger a different layer. However, after several months of experimenting with those ideas, I've begun moving away from that design due to performance. It's very hard to strike a balance between the time it takes to press a key normally while typing and the "delay" in the typing motion needed to trigger the alternate layer. I was frequently getting strange characters and artifacts because I pressed the function key + the symbol key too quickly, and the layer never shifted.