skylark-qmk/layouts/community/ergodox/algernon/NEWS.md

v1.11

2017-10-01

Overall changes

• Updated to work with QMK master.
• The $ and ^ symbols on the number row were swapped on both the base and the ADORE layers.
• The bracket tap-dance keys can now be used to input Japanese brackets, 「 and 」 with a third tap.
• The second column of the top row on the right side will act as a "Social" application selector on the AppSel layer.
• The third key on the same column will select a password manager.
• The GUI key will now launch rofi when triple-tapped.

Miscellaneous

• The 👶 symbol can be entered with UCIS.
• The 👪 symbol can be entered with UCIS.

Tools

• tools/hid-commands can now find the Mstdn, not just Slack, as the "Slack"/chat app.
• tools/hid-commands can now find the Plex web app as a music/media player.
• tools/hid-commands now understands the "Social" application selector. It raises the Mstdn and Tweetdeck windows, but keeps focus on the previous window.
• tools/hid-commands now understands the "Social2" application selector, which raises Signal and Viber, but keeps focus on the previous window.
• tools/hid-commands is now able to select a password manager (KeePass*).
• tools/hid-commands can now run rofi when receiving an appsel_helper command (triggered by a triple-tapped GUI key).

v1.10

2016-12-28

Miscellaneous

• µ can now be entered with UCIS.
• ™ can now be entered with UCIS.

Tools

• tools/hid-commands can now find Banshee, and prefers it over Kodi.
• tools/hid-commands can now find Chrome too, not juts Chromium.

v1.9

2016-10-16

Overall changes

• F12 was replaced by an Fx key, that activate the Media layer as a one-shot layer, and also Alt as a one-shot modifier.

Base layer changes

• The Media Stop key is now a tap-dance key, and resets the device for programming on the fourth tap.

Miscellaneous

• π can now be entered with UCIS.
• 🐁 can now be entered with UCIS.

Tools

• The tools/layer-notify tool was removed, it was an example, which I don't use.

tools/hid-commands

• Now looks at the DISABLE_APPSEL_START environment value, and does not display an AppSel notification if it is non-empty.
• Will attempt to re-program the keyboard when receiving a reflash command.
• No longer tries to select Emacs 24 on APPSEL_EMACS, rather, it goes for any Emacs.
• The APPSEL_MUSIC command now includes Kodi in the list too, as the last choice.

v1.8

2016-10-03

ADORE

• Major rearrangements were made, to reduce pinky use, and to balance out the hand usage.

Tools

• The hid-commands tool will now display a notification when the AppSel layer is triggered.
• The log-to-heatmap.py tool now treats the innermost keys on the bottom row as thumb keys, as far as statistics are concerned.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed the Steno toggle key.

v1.7

2016-09-18

Overall changes

• The number row has been completely rearranged on both the Base and the ADORE layers.
• The number/function key behavior was changed: function keys are now on the Media.
• The :/; and -/_ keys were put back to their thumb position on the bottom row, on both the Base and ADORE layers.
• The bottom large keys on the inner side of each half now function as tmux keys: the left to send the prefix, the right to send the display-panes key. The left also doubles as a GNU screen prefix key, and sends C-a when double tapped.
• A number of functions, such as the AppSel layer, now require the hid-commands tool to be running, with the output of hid_listen being piped to it.

ADORE

• Y and X have been swapped again.

Media/Navigation layer

• The function keys are now on this layer.
• Mouse keys have been removed.
• Media start/stop/prev/next have been removed.
• Print screen has been removed.
• There is only one screen lock key now.

Heatmap

• Fixed a few issues in the finger-stats calculation.
• The tool now also timestamps and saves all input lines to a logfile, which it loads on start, allowing one to continue the collection after upgrading the tool.
• The heatmap tool will now colorize the stats by default.
• The periodic stats are now printed in a more compact format.

Tools

• Added a new tool, tools/layer-notify that listens to layer change events on the HID console, and pops up a notification on layer changes.
• Another new tool, tools/text-to-log.py has been added that converts arbitrary text to a keylogger output, which can be fed to the heatmap generator.
• A number of features have been moved to the tools/hid-commands utility. These generally are OS dependent, and are easier to implement on the software side.

v1.6

2016-08-24

Base layer changes

• The parentheses & bracket keys have been merged: tapping them results in [ or { (if it was shifted), double tapping leads to (.
• The :; and -_ keys are now available on the base layer, on their ADORE location, too, just below [{(/]}).
• The Apps key has been replaced by F12.
• The -/_ is no longer a tap-dance key.

ADORE layer changes

• Adjustments were made to the ADORE layer, to separate some inconvenient combinations.

Miscellaneous changes

• LEAD u now starts the symbolic unicode input system, instead of the OS-one.
• The mouse acceleration keys on the Navigation/Media layer have been turned into toggles: tap them once to turn them on, until tapped again. Tapping an accelerator button will turn all the others off.
• When the ARROW layer is on, the red and blue LEDs light up now.

Heatmap

• The built-in keylogger has been greatly enhanced, it now outputs the pressed state, and the layer (Dvorak or ADORE). As such, the ADORE_AUTOLOG option has been removed, instead there is AUTOLOG_ENABLE now, which when enabled, makes the keylogger start when the keyboard boots. It defaults to off.
• The heatmap generator received a lot of updates.

v1.5

2016-08-12

• The 1HAND layer has been removed.
• A Delete key is now available on the right thumb cluster.
• The ADORE layer received a major update, see the layout image above.
• It is now possible to enable automatic logging for the ADORE layer, by setting the ADORE_AUTOLOG makefile variable to yes when compiling the keymap. It is off by default.
• The ~ key and the Media Next/Prev key have been swapped on the Base layer.
• On the ARROW layer, Backspace has been replaced by Enter.
• There is some experimental support for entering Unicode symbols.

v1.4

2016-07-29

• When toggling the key logging on or off, the LEDs will do a little dance.
• The keylogger is now optional, but enabled by default. Use KEYLOGGER_ENABLE=no on the make command line to disable it.
• The TAB/ARRW key was turned into a tap-dance key, allowing one to toggle the ARROW layer on by double-tapping, and as such, avoid the need to hold the key.
• The -/_ key was turned into a tap-dance key too.
• There is now a way to travel time with the keyboard, toggle the feature on by hitting LEAD t.

v1.3

2016-07-06

• Added support for logging keys, by pressing LEAD d. Also included is a tool to generate a heatmap out of the logs.
• The arrow and navigation keys were rearranged again, and now require an additional key being held to activate. See the Base layer for an image that shows where arrows are.
• The experimental layer has been redone, and is now called ADORE, and as such, can be enabled by LEAD a now.
• Switching between Dvorak and ADORE is now persisted into EEPROM, and survives a reboot.

v1.2

2016-06-22

• The forced NKRO mode can be easily toggled off at compile-time, to make the firmware compatible with certain operating systems.
• The :; key has changed behaviour: to access the ; symbol, the key needs to be double-tapped, instead of shifted.
• The = and \ keys were swapped, = moved to the home row, on both the Base and the experimental layers.
• The arrow and navigation keys were redone, they are now more accessible, but the navigation keys require an extra tap to access.
• The Emacs layer is gone, replaced by a simplified navigation and media layer.
• LEAD v types the firmware version, and the keymap version.
• On the experimental layer, the L and Q, and the K and G keys were swapped.
• The Steno layer gained a few more # and * keys, to make it easier on my fingers.

v1.1

2016-06-14

• The keyboard starts in NKRO mode, bootmagic and other things are disabled.
• A Steno layer was added, to be used with Plover.
• An experimental layer was added, something halfway between Dvorak and Capewell-Dvorak. A work in progress.
• LEAD y types \o/.
• Some keys on the Base layer have been moved around:
  • ? moved to the left pinky, left of Q.
  • = shifted one row down, but F11 stayed where it was.
  • - on the left half was replaced by Tab.
  • Tab's original position is taken by a Media Next/Media Prev key.
  • : now inputs ; when shifted.
• ESC cancels the Hungarian layer too, not just modifiers.

v1.0

2016-05-26

Initial version.