VIAL config for my Corne (foostan/crkbd) RGB keyboard.
My active layout emulates Ergo-L directly on the keyboard and can be found here.
These are the specs for my keyboard:
- Keyboard: Corne (foostan/crkbd) (v4.1)
- Total keys: 46 (2 x (3 × 6 + 3 + 2))
- Switches: Kailh Choc v1 Brown
- Keycaps: MBK Legend‡ Glow R2
- Firmware: VIAL (QMK fork)
- Vendor: Keebart (keyboard reference)
- RGB Lighting: yes
- QMK keyboard id:
crkbd/rev4_1/standard - QMK layout:
LAYOUT_split_3x6_3_ex2
First, it's important to distinguish between these two:
- Firmware layout: How the keys are mapped in the keyboard firmware itself (most commonly QWERTY)
- Input method: OS emulation layer that remaps some keys (ex: QWERTY, AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemack, etc.)
Note
- Converted keymap.vil to keymap-generated.yaml with vial-to-keymap-drawer (see: v2kmd-settings.json)
- Manually edited keymap-generated.yaml and saved to keymap.yaml
- Generated keymap.svg by loading keymap.yaml into keymap-drawer
Ergo-L is an ergonomic OS layout/input method. Similarly to Dvorak or Colemack, Ergo-L is an ergonomic keyboard layout.
Ergo-L is well thought out and optimized for typing in French, English, and offering an easy access to programming symbols. The layout comes with four main "layers":
- Default layer for letters and other characters
- Shift modifier for uppercase letters and other alternate characters
- Alt Graph (Right Alt) modifier for symbols (with easy to reach programming symbols)
- Dead Key for diacritical marks (accents)
Take a look at their website to learn more (it's got some excellent advice when it comes to keyboard ergonomics!)
Website: https://ergol.org/
I used to have Ergo-L as an input method, but I have now switched to emulating it directly on my keyboard firmware. This means that I can just plug my keyboard into any computer with QWERTY and work right away without having to install Ergo-L as an input method on that machine.
I work with a lot of computers and I cannot install Ergo-L as an input method on all of them for various reasons. Emulating Ergo-L directly on my keyboard allows me to have a keyboard that works everywhere without having to think about it.
Tip
If you are not interested in emulating Ergo-L and would rather use it as an input method, have a look into the keymap-old-not-emulated.* files.
The 46 keys corne was not my first ergo keyboard.
I started with a Sofle RGB: coko7/sofle