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Custom 4-layer Preonic keymap with a unicode layer
/* Copyright 2015-2021 Jack Humbert
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#pragma once
#ifdef AUDIO_ENABLE
# define STARTUP_SONG SONG(VOICE_CHANGE_SOUND)
#endif
/* Copyright 2015-2021 Jack Humbert
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#include QMK_KEYBOARD_H
enum unicode_definitions {
UC_IBANG = UC(0x203D), // ‽
UC_DEG = UC(0x00B0), // °
UC_SQUARE = UC(0x00B2), // ²
UC_CUBED = UC(0x00B3), // ³
UC_YEN = UC(0x00A5), // ¥
UC_SIM = UC(0x2248), // ≈
UC_P_M = UC(0x00B1), // ±
UC_G_L = UC(0x00AB), // «
UC_G_R = UC(0x00BB), // »
UC_LTE = UC(0x2264), // ≤
UC_GTE = UC(0x2265), // ≥
UC_EM = UC(0x2014), // —
UC_LEFT = UC(0x21E6), // ⇦
UC_RIGHT = UC(0x21E8), // ⇨
UC_UP = UC(0x21E7), // ⇧
UC_DOWN = UC(0x21E9), // ⇩
UC_CHECK = UC(0x2705), // ✅
UC_EX = UC(0x274E) // ❎
};
enum os_colors {
HUE_RED = 0,
HUE_YELLOW = 40,
HUE_GREEN = 85,
HUE_BLUE = 170,
HUE_PURPLE = 200
};
enum preonic_layers {
_QWERTY,
_LOWER,
_RAISE,
_UNICODE
};
enum preonic_keycodes {
LOWER = MO(_LOWER),
RAISE = MO(_RAISE),
UNICODE = MO(_UNICODE)
};
#define QWERTY PDF(_QWERTY)
const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
/* Qwerty/Base
* ,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
* | ` | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Bksp |
* |-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | Tab | Q | W | E | R | T | Y | U | I | O | P | Del |
* |-------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | Esc | A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | ; | " |
* |-------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | Shift | Z | X | C | V | B | N | M | , | . | / |Enter |
* |-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | UNI | Ctrl | Alt | GUI |Lower | Space |Raise | Left | Down | Up |Right |
* `------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
*/
[_QWERTY] = LAYOUT_preonic_grid(
KC_GRV, KC_1, KC_2, KC_3, KC_4, KC_5, KC_6, KC_7, KC_8, KC_9, KC_0, KC_BSPC,
KC_TAB, KC_Q, KC_W, KC_E, KC_R, KC_T, KC_Y, KC_U, KC_I, KC_O, KC_P, KC_DEL,
KC_ESC, KC_A, KC_S, KC_D, KC_F, KC_G, KC_H, KC_J, KC_K, KC_L, KC_SCLN, KC_QUOT,
KC_LSFT, KC_Z, KC_X, KC_C, KC_V, KC_B, KC_N, KC_M, KC_COMM, KC_DOT, KC_SLSH, KC_ENT,
UNICODE, KC_LCTL, KC_LALT, KC_LGUI, LOWER, KC_SPC, KC_SPC, RAISE, KC_LEFT, KC_DOWN, KC_UP, KC_RGHT
),
/* Lower
* ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
* | ~ | ! | @ | # | $ | % | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | Bksp |
* |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | ~ | ! | @ | # | $ | % | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | Del |
* |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | Del | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | _ | + | { | } | | |
* |------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 |ISO ~ |ISO | | Home | End | |
* |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | | | | | | | Next | Vol- | Vol+ | Play |
* `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
*/
[_LOWER] = LAYOUT_preonic_grid(
KC_TILD, KC_EXLM, KC_AT, KC_HASH, KC_DLR, KC_PERC, KC_CIRC, KC_AMPR, KC_ASTR, KC_LPRN, KC_RPRN, KC_BSPC,
KC_TILD, KC_EXLM, KC_AT, KC_HASH, KC_DLR, KC_PERC, KC_CIRC, KC_AMPR, KC_ASTR, KC_LPRN, KC_RPRN, KC_DEL,
KC_DEL, KC_F1, KC_F2, KC_F3, KC_F4, KC_F5, KC_F6, KC_UNDS, KC_PLUS, KC_LCBR, KC_RCBR, KC_PIPE,
_______, KC_F7, KC_F8, KC_F9, KC_F10, KC_F11, KC_F12,S(KC_NUHS),S(KC_NUBS),KC_HOME, KC_END, _______,
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, KC_MNXT, KC_VOLD, KC_VOLU, KC_MPLY
),
/* Raise
* ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
* | ` | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Bksp |
* |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | ` | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Del |
* |------+------+------+------+------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | Del | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | - | = | [ | ] | \ |
* |------+------+------+------+------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 |ISO # |ISO / | Pg Up| Pg Dn| |
* |------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | | | | | | | Next | Vol- | Vol+ | Play |
* `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
*/
[_RAISE] = LAYOUT_preonic_grid(
KC_GRV, KC_1, KC_2, KC_3, KC_4, KC_5, KC_6, KC_7, KC_8, KC_9, KC_0, KC_BSPC,
KC_GRV, KC_1, KC_2, KC_3, KC_4, KC_5, KC_6, KC_7, KC_8, KC_9, KC_0, KC_DEL,
KC_DEL, KC_F1, KC_F2, KC_F3, KC_F4, KC_F5, KC_F6, KC_MINS, KC_EQL, KC_LBRC, KC_RBRC, KC_BSLS,
_______, KC_F7, KC_F8, KC_F9, KC_F10, KC_F11, KC_F12, KC_NUHS, KC_NUBS, KC_PGUP, KC_PGDN, _______,
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, KC_MNXT, KC_VOLD, KC_VOLU, KC_MPLY
),
/* UNICODE (Accessed by holding FN key)
* ,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
* | ≈ | ‽ | ² | ³ | | | | | | | | |
* |------+------+------+------+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | | | | | | ¥ | | | ° | | |
* |------+------+------+------+-------+-------------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | | | | | | | ± | ± | | | |
* |------+------+------+------+-------+------|------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | | ❎ | | ✅ | | | | ≤ | ≥ | ‽ | |
* |------+------+------+------+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
* | | | | | | EM_DASH | | ⇦ | ⇩ | ⇧ | ⇨ |
* `------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
*/
[_UNICODE] = LAYOUT_preonic_grid(
UC_SIM, UC_IBANG, UC_SQUARE, UC_CUBED, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______ , _______,
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, UC_YEN , _______, _______, UC_DEG , _______ , _______,
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, _______, UC_P_M , UC_P_M , _______, _______ , _______,
_______, _______, UC_EX, _______, UC_CHECK, _______, _______, _______, UC_LTE , UC_GTE , UC_IBANG, _______,
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______, UC_EM, UC_EM, _______, UC_LEFT, UC_DOWN, UC_UP, UC_RIGHT
)
};
bool process_detected_host_os_kb(os_variant_t detected_os) {
if (!process_detected_host_os_user(detected_os)) {
return false;
}
uint8_t hue = HUE_YELLOW;
switch (detected_os) {
case OS_MACOS:
case OS_IOS:
hue = HUE_GREEN;
set_unicode_input_mode(UNICODE_MODE_MACOS);
break;
case OS_WINDOWS:
hue = HUE_BLUE;
set_unicode_input_mode(UNICODE_MODE_WINDOWS);
break;
case OS_LINUX:
hue = HUE_PURPLE;
set_unicode_input_mode(UNICODE_MODE_LINUX);
break;
case OS_UNSURE:
hue = HUE_RED;
set_unicode_input_mode(UNICODE_MODE_LINUX);
break;
}
rgblight_sethsv_noeeprom(hue, 255, 255);
rgblight_mode_noeeprom(RGBLIGHT_MODE_STATIC_LIGHT);
return true;
}
UNICODE_ENABLE = yes
OS_DETECTION_ENABLE = yes
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