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I bought one recently too. Not quite used to it 100% but I am seriously digging it. I get pain in my right hand from typing in particular symbols like {},[],\ e

I bought one recently too. Not quite used to it 100% but I am seriously digging it. I get pain in my right hand from typing in particular symbols like {},[],\ etc. that are commonly used in programming and rely way too much on my right pinky. I've mapped them on to keys that are easier to hit on the keypad layer and made that super easy to toggle into. It's a game changer. I also get a lot of shoulder pain from using a standard keyboard but I'd already resolved that with a split board. I just wish they were cheaper!

cutthegrass2 5y ago
Incidentally, I also found it more comfortable to switch over to a trackball style mouse - Logitech MX Ergo at the moment, but keen to try something even more vertical.
blumomo 5y ago
I suffer from the same problem on the Kinsesis Advantage2 LF. Can you please share your recipe how you've mapped these symbols to the keypad layer and how do you easily access them (the blue "keypad" activation key is hard to reach and requires to toggle mode)?
- salamandersauce 5y ago
  Sure! If you use Windows you can do it with a GUI in the SmartSet software that's on the drive of the keyboard itself. You can access that by hitting "progm+F1" which will mount the drive. If you don't have Windows you can do it easily in a text file in the "active" folder of the drive. You can have multiply qwerty and dvorak layouts. qwerty.txt is the default qwerty layout which I edited. I set "delete" to be keypad shift which shifts (but not toggle) into the keypad layer. This can be done in qwerty.txt file by adding the lines: "[delete]>[kpshft]" and "[kp-delete]>[kpshft]" with no quotes. Then to set ( & ) on the C and V keys in the keypad layer for example you create a 1 key macro basically like this: {kp-c}>{-lshift}{9}{+lshift} {kp-v}>{-lshift}{0}{+lshift} kp keys are keys in the keypad layer. Some keys like [] have special names so they are done like this: [kp-F]>[cbrack] [kp-D]>[obrack] You can find more how to do this in the manual. Xahlee also has a good tutorial. http://xahlee.info/kbd/kinesis_keyboard_howto.html http://xahlee.info/kbd/kinesis_keyboard_howto.html

cutthegrass2 5y ago

Incidentally, I also found it more comfortable to switch over to a trackball style mouse - Logitech MX Ergo at the moment, but keen to try something even more vertical.

blumomo 5y ago

I suffer from the same problem on the Kinsesis Advantage2 LF. Can you please share your recipe how you've mapped these symbols to the keypad layer and how do you easily access them (the blue "keypad" activation key is hard to reach and requires to toggle mode)?

salamandersauce 5y ago
Sure! If you use Windows you can do it with a GUI in the SmartSet software that's on the drive of the keyboard itself. You can access that by hitting "progm+F1" which will mount the drive. If you don't have Windows you can do it easily in a text file in the "active" folder of the drive. You can have multiply qwerty and dvorak layouts. qwerty.txt is the default qwerty layout which I edited. I set "delete" to be keypad shift which shifts (but not toggle) into the keypad layer. This can be done in qwerty.txt file by adding the lines: "[delete]>[kpshft]" and "[kp-delete]>[kpshft]" with no quotes. Then to set ( & ) on the C and V keys in the keypad layer for example you create a 1 key macro basically like this: {kp-c}>{-lshift}{9}{+lshift} {kp-v}>{-lshift}{0}{+lshift} kp keys are keys in the keypad layer. Some keys like [] have special names so they are done like this: [kp-F]>[cbrack] [kp-D]>[obrack] You can find more how to do this in the manual. Xahlee also has a good tutorial. http://xahlee.info/kbd/kinesis_keyboard_howto.html http://xahlee.info/kbd/kinesis_keyboard_howto.html