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220 lines
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# Neo 2 for ErgoDox on QWERTY
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# Description
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The Neo layout is an optimized German keyboard layout developed by the
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Neo Users Group, supporting many Latin-based alphabets. The positions
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of the letters are not only optimized for German letter frequency,
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but also for typical groups of two or three letters. English is
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considered a primary target as well.
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The design tries to enforce the alternating usage of both hands to
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increase typing speed and incorporates ideas from de-ergo and other
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ergonomic layouts. High frequency keys are placed in the home row.
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The current layout Neo 2.0 has unique features making it suited for
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many target groups such as programmers, mathematicians, scientists or
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LaTeX authors.
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Neo is grouped into six layers, each dedicated to a special purpose.
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# Layers
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At the core this is a Neo 2.0 layout adjusted for the Ergodox Infinity.
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The keymap is laid out expecting a macOs using the US QWERTY or ABC
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Extended layout.
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[Layer 1](#layer-1) Lowercase, upppercase and typographical characters
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[Layer 2](#layer-2) Special characters for programming
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[Layer 3](#layer-3) WASD-like movement keys and number block
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[Layer 4](#layer-4) Greek characters
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[Layer 5](#layer-5) Mathematical symbols and Greek uppercase characters
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[Layer 6](#layer-6) Ergodox Infinity US QWERTY layout
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[Layer 7](#layer-7) Function keys
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## Legend
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* Keys marked with `----` are dead keys.
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* Blank keys are transparent and fall through to lower levels.
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## Layer 1
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This layer implements NEO layers 1 and 2.
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```
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,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------.
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| ---- | 1/° | 2/§ | 3/ | 4/» | 5/« | ESC | | US_1 | 6/$ | 7/€ | 8/„ | 9/“ | 0/” | -/— |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| TAB | X | V | L | C | W | LCTL | | RCTL | K | H | G | F | Q | ß |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| NEO_3 | U | I | A | E | O |------| |------| S | N | R | T | D | Y |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| LALT | | RALT |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| LSHIFT | Ü | Ö | Ä | P | Z | | | | B | M | ,/– | ./• | J | RSHIFT |
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`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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| ---- | ---- | LCTL | LALT | LGUI | | RGUI | Left | Down | Up | Right|
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`----------------------------------' `----------------------------------'
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,-------------. ,-------------.
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| FKEYS| Home | | PgUp | FKEYS|
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,------|------|------| |------+------+------.
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| Back-| | End | | PgDn | | |
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| space|Delete|------| |------| Enter|Space |
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| | | NEO_4| | NEO_4| | |
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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## Layer 2
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This layer implements NEO layer 3.
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```
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,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------.
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| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | › | ‹ | | | | ¢ | ¥ | ‚ | ‘ | ’ | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| ---- | … | _ | [ | ] | ^ | | | | ! | < | > | = | & | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | \ | / | { | } | * |------| |------| ? | ( | ) | - | : | @ |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | # | $ | | | ~ | ` | | | | + | % | " | ' | ; | |
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`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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`----------------------------------' `----------------------------------'
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,-------------. ,-------------.
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,------|------|------| |------+------+------.
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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## Layer 3
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This layer implements NEO layer 4.
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```
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,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------.
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| ---- | ª | º | ---- | · | £ | | | | ---- | Tab | / | * | - | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| ---- | PgUp | ⌫ | Up | ⌦ | PgDn | | | | ¡ | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | – |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | Home | Left | Down | Right| End |------| |------| ¿ | 4 | 5 | 6 | , | . |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | Esc | Tab | Ins |Return| ---- | | | | : | 1 | 2 | 3 | ; | |
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`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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## Layer 4
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This layer is currently empty/reserved for NEO layer 5.
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```
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| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | ---- | ----| ---- | ---- | ---- |------| |------| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | ---- | ----| ---- | ---- | ---- | | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
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`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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`----------------------------------' `----------------------------------'
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,------|------|------| |------+------+------.
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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## Layer 5
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This layer is currently empty/reserved for NEO layer 6.
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```
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| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| | ---- | ----| ---- | ---- | ---- |------| |------| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
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| | ---- | ----| ---- | ---- | ---- | | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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## Layer 6
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A bare bones implementation of the default Ergodox Infinity layout.
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```
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,--------------------------------------------------. ,--------------------------------------------------.
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| = | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ESC | | NEO_1| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | - |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| \ | Q | W | E | R | T | ---- | | [ | Y | U | I | O | P | ] |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| TAB | A | S | D | F | G |------| |------| H | J | K | L | ; | ' |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| ---- | | ---- |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| LSHIFT | Z | X | V | B | M | | | | N | M | , | . | / | RSHIFT |
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`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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| LGUI | ` | ---- | ---- | FKEYS| | Left | Down | Up | Right| RGUI |
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`----------------------------------' `----------------------------------'
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,-------------. ,-------------.
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| LCTRL| LALT | | RALT | RCTRL|
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,------|------|------| |------+------+------.
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| | | HOME | | PGUP | | |
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| BKSP | DEL |------| |------| ENTR | SPCE |
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| | | END | | PGDN | | |
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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## Layer 7
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This layer implements function and multimedia keys.
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```
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| Prev | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F11 | | F12 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | VolUp |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------| |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| Play | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VolDn |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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| Next | | | | | |------| |------| | | | | | Mute |
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|--------+------+------+------+------+------| | | |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
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`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------' `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
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`----------------------------------' `----------------------------------'
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`--------------------' `--------------------'
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```
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