Please provide kanata spacemak config file

[dinotheextinct]

Hi thanks you for all the great articles, I would like to try to switch to anymak in the future but I think a better progression is to start with spacemak in order to get used to the layers before chaning the layout completely. A config file for kanta would help greatly.

Thanks in advance.

[rpnfan]

Hi Dino, great you like the articles and got something out of them. I am super busy these days. But will try to help you getting started -- not promising when I come around to deliver something. Do me a favor and star the repo to help it grow and possibly invite others to join. Because I have a working solution for myself and Spacemak needs to be driven from people who want to use it, because how you set that up is a matter of choice. :)

What alpha-layout are you using? How would you like to handle the Shift-key and extra symbol layer? It is a matter of preference. Do you use an ISO or ANSI keyboard? All that will determine how to setup the actual kanata config.

When you want to create a smooth route from Spacemak to Anymak the following would be great steps, assuming one is using standard QWERTY and no custom stuff at all at the moment:

1. Use the Navigation/ Editing/ Shortcut layer (SpaceFN concept)
2. Add the CapsLock key position as a layer-key (one-shot or held) to put extra symbols or a number pad or mouse controls on the right-hand side
3. Add bottom-row-mods
   ----- from here changes to the defaults are made -----
4. Optionally move the the Shift-keys position to held / (and the symmetric ISO-key if applicable). Note that this step is potentially the one, which needs some fiddling around with timings to work as you want. Anymak has the advantage that for typing text you do not have any timed dependencies. That is the trade-off one chooses.
5. Optionally add a layer-key on the right-hand side at the '-quote key position. Put ' and " on the symbol layer.

With this setup you gain so much already. Anymak would then continue with

6. Change Shift and Layer keys to one-shot and move the relevant symbols you loose to the symbol layer. I find that a serious benefit.
7. Optionally arrange your layout to not use the B-key position on a standard keyboard.

[dinotheextinct]

Right now I am still using ISO, but I am aiming to switch to ANSI (new keyboard will arrive coming months and is ANSI). But don't stress yourself, I was just thinking mostly about using the basic layer concept, the layers themselves, I would arrange myself anyway, taking inspiration from what you have set up.

I guess a very basic kanata config is what I am looking for, but maybe I should just invest myself a little to understand the configuration of the program.

[rpnfan]

I have released a first alpha version. In case you have still interest you can test. The symbol layer needs to be filled with the symbols you want/ need. That could be a number layer, extra symbols you miss elsewhere, typographic sugar (non-break space or hyphen for example) and so on.