Neo 2 for ErgoDox on QWERTZ

Based on ergodox_osx_neo2 by mjonuschat.

Description

The Neo layout is an optimized German keyboard layout developed by the Neo Users Group, supporting many Latin-based alphabets. The positions of the letters are not only optimized for German letter frequency, but also for typical groups of two or three letters. English is considered a primary target as well.

The design tries to enforce the alternating usage of both hands to increase typing speed and incorporates ideas from de-ergo and other ergonomic layouts. High frequency keys are placed in the home row. The current layout Neo 2.0 has unique features making it suited for many target groups such as programmers, mathematicians, scientists or LaTeX authors.

Neo is grouped into six layers, each dedicated to a special purpose.

Layers

At the core this is a Neo 2.0 layout adjusted for the Ergodox Infinity. The keymap is laid out expecting gnu/linux using the german QWERTZ layout.

Layer 1 Lowercase, upppercase and typographical characters

Layer 2 Special characters for programming

Layer 3 WASD-like movement keys and number block

Layer 4 unused

Layer 5 unused

Layer 6 Rough estimation of Ergodox Infinity DE QWERTZ layout

Layer 7 Function keys

Legend

• Keys marked with ---- are dead keys.
• Blank keys are transparent and fall through to lower levels.

Layer 1

This layer implements NEO layers 1 and 2.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|  ----  |  1/° |  2/§ |  3/¹ |  4/» |  5/« | ---- |           |  DE  |  6/$ |  7/€ |  8/„ |  9/“ |  0/” |  -/—   |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  TAB   |   X  |   V  |   L  |   C  |   W  | MOVE |           | MOVE |   K  |   H  |   G  |   F  |   Q  |   ß    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| TAB<-|           | TAB->|------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  NEO3  |   U  |   I  |   A  |   E  |   O  |------|           |------|   S  |   N  |   R  |   T  |   D  |   Y    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| MB1  |           | MB2  |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| LSHIFT |   Ü  |   Ö  |   Ä  |   P  |   Z  |      |           |      |   B  |   M  |  ,/– |  ./• |   J  | RSHIFT |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  | MWLF | MWDN | MWUP | MWRI | NEO4 |                                       | NEO4 | MLEF | MDOW | MUP  | MRIG |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       | APP  |ctrl+s|       | ---- | FKEY |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      | AC   |       | AC   |      |      |
                                | LGUI | LALT |------|       |------| ALTG |Space |
                                |      |      | LCTRL|       | RCTRL|      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

The AC key sends left alt and left control.

Layer 2

This layer implements NEO layer 3.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|  ----  | ---- | ---- | ---- |   ›  |   ‹  |      |           |      |   ¢ 	|   ¥  |   ‚  |   ‘  |   ’  |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  ----  |   …  |   _  |   [  |   ]  |   ^  | MOVE |           | MOVE |   !  |   <  |   >  |   =  |   &  |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| TAB<-|           | TAB->|------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |   \  |   /  |   {  |   }  |   *  |------|           |------|   ?  |   (  |   )  |   -  |   :  |   @    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |   #  |   $  |   |  |   ~  |   `  |      |           |      |   +  |   %  |   "  |   '  |   ;  |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |      |      |      |      |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       |      |      |       |      |      |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Layer 3

This layer implements NEO layer 4.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|  ----  |   ª  |   º  | ---- |   ·  |   £  |      |           |      | ---- | Tab  |   /  |   *  |   -  |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  ----  | PgUp |   ⌫  |  Up  |   ⌦  | PgDn |      |           |      |   ¡  |   7  |   8  |   9  |   +  |   –    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        | Home | Left | Down | Right| End  |------|           |------|   ¿  |   4  |   5  |   6  |   ,  |   .    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        | Esc  | Tab  | Ins  |Return| ---- |      |           |      |   :  |   1  |   2  |   3  |   ;  |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |      |   0  |      |      |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       |      |      |       |      |      |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Layer 4

This layer is currently empty/reserved for NEO layer 5.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|  ----  | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |      |           |      | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  ----  | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |      |           |      | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        | ---- |  ----| ---- | ---- | ---- |------|           |------| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        | ---- |  ----| ---- | ---- | ---- |      |           |      | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |      |      |      |      |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       |      |      |       |      |      |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Layer 5

This layer is currently empty/reserved for NEO layer 6.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|  ----  | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |      |           |      | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  ----  | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |      |           |      | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        | ---- |  ----| ---- | ---- | ---- |------|           |------| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |  ----  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        | ---- |  ----| ---- | ---- | ---- |      |           |      | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |      |      |      |      |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       |      |      |       |      |      |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Layer 6

A rough qwertz layout ajusted to my gaming likes.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
| ESCAPE |   1  |   2  |   3  |   4  |   5  | ESC  |           | NEO_1|   6  |   7  |   8  |   9  |   0  |    ß   |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  TAB   |   Q  |   W  |   E  |   R  |   T  | ---- |           | ---- |   Z  |   U  |   I  |   O  |   P  |    Ü   |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| LSHIFT |   A  |   S  |   D  |   F  |   G  |------|           |------|   H  |   J  |   K  |   L  |   Ö  |    Ä   |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------| ---- |           | ---- |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| LSHIFT |   Y  |   X  |   C  |   V  |   B  |      |           |      |   N  |   M  |   ,  |   .  |   -  | RSHIFT |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  | LCTL | LGUI | LALT | ---- | FKEYS|                                       | Left | Down |  Up  | Right| RGUI |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       | ---- | ---- |       | RALT | RCTRL|
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                | SPCE | LALT |------|       |------| ENTR | SPCE |
                                |      |      | LCTL |       | BSPC |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Layer 7

This layer implements function and multimedia keys.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|  Prev  |  F1  |  F2  |  F3  |  F4  |  F5  |  F11 |           |  F12 |  F6  |  F7  |  F8  |  F9  |  F10 |  VolUp |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  Play  |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |  VolDn |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|  Next  |      |      |      |      |      |------|           |------|      |      |      |      |      |  Mute  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |      |      |      |      |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       |      |      |       |      |      |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------|      |      |
                                |      |      |      |       |      |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'