Mechanical keyboard and QMK fun
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Apr 2, 2024 11:37 PM
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qmk ftw!
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Mar 22, 2024
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Mechanical keyboard and QMK fun
As someone who has their hands on a keyboard for 8hrs+ a day, I’m always looking for something better. Long-story short, I recently picked up a Unicorne LP custom split keyboard that uses choc key switches which are more flat than traditional keys. The distinct difference with this Unicorne is that there are only 3 rows of keys vertically, so there’s no number row or function row keys.
You’re expected to use creative keyboard short cuts to access keys that are not present. Also, the key caps are blank, so fun should be had.
Command notes from the initial setup that I can reference:
brew install qmk/qmk/qmk
qmk setup
cd qmk_firmware
qmk setup
qmk compile -kb keyboards/boardsource/unicorne -km default
qmk list-keyboards
qmk list-keyboards | grep unicorne
qmk compile -kb boardsource/unicorne -km default
qmk config user.keyboard=boardsource/unicorne
qmk config user.keymap=white8785
qmk new-keymap
brew install qmk-toolbox
qmk compile -kb boardsource/unicorne -km white8785Helpful links to sites for reference:
- The [qmk_firmware](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/mod_tap.md) repo has some helpful info in it.
- home row mod with via - https://en.akkogear.com/faq/how-do-i-get-hold-tap-keys-by-via/
So far, it’s clear that I need to get home row mods setup as I have a bunch of keys I can’t recall where they are at and/or they require an odd keystroke combination and defeats the purpose of switching keyboards altogether.
More to come…