If you're going to use an unusual keyboard remap it's easier just to adopt a completely different layout, e.g. Programmer Dvorak or something like that. You can

If you're going to use an unusual keyboard remap it's easier just to adopt a completely different layout, e.g. Programmer Dvorak or something like that. You can use software to remap the symbol keys to be unshifted and on the number row. My remap puts the parentheses keys on the number row in the columns above my left and right index fingers. The number row can be rearranged so that the odd numbers are under one hand, and the even numbers are under the other (which makes it much easier to learn to touch type numbers because the layout can be "derived" if you forget it.) You can even set up a dead key to act like Alt-Gr so that you can use both Alts as "Meta" keys in Emacs. A unique remapping might sound like overkill, but if you learn the new layout while adjusting to a Kinesis it doesn't seem strange at all. It also does not really require any technical knowledge.