Emacs Keyboard Design 28: Simple Seven

This makes sense. No Fn necessary. Emacs only.

• Combining learning with layout results in a lot of changes
• The Fn key
  • Great way to save a row
  • Emacs users are already comfortable with chords
  • Was interesting when smaller than tenkeyless; still good to get it down to 6 rows
• Why are the F keys up so high?
  • Is the layout by design or arbitrary?
  • Can we make a rectangle with them flat?
• Can a tenkeyless still be a rectangle?
  • The ANSI 104 layout is OK with resizing keys just to fit the shape
• CAS
  • Easy to in this layout, redundant
  • C-M-s-H would be hard
• The ANSI 104 layout
  • Is probably a good thing
  • I use it and like it
  • Make it a big rectangle
• How to make the case
  • Easy to carry anywhere like a Dell keyboard
  • Easily 3d printable
  • Inexpensive
  • Open design
• Can the system and navigation keys line up in a row on the right?
• This keyboard is for Emacs users
  • That is the singular focus
  • Forget about general acceptance and use
    • It will be generally usable though
• Steps
  • Move Escape row down above numbers and move them all left
  • Move Delete above backspace
    • Logical location
  • Ultra key
    • Via, better than omega
    • Control Meta Super Hyper
    • Move below Meta, shift needs to be outside enter, more familiar
    • Alt and Gui are better positioned, they are closer really
  • Align PrtSc with delete
  • Align cluster by frequency
    • Pg Up, Pg Dn
    • Home, End
    • Insert, PrtSc
  • Space bar can be 6 bars wide
    • Unsure where to find smaller
  • Main board keys on right (delete, super) can be smaller, make them all standardish
  • Keep right side keys flush with left
    • No, doesn’t look right
  • Modifier board
    • Fill to rectangle
      • Make Emacs modifiers bigger, 1.5w
      • Leave OS modifiers 1.25
  • Made control a homing here
    • There is a lot more space down there
    • Can make sense of lactation given two big bars and edges
    • Removed homing, unnecessary based on using a real heyboard