Jolemak Keyboard layout

Essentially, this is a fork of the the colemak layout, with some minor alterations.

• special chars ([], {}, ()) reverted to original US-layout positions
  • i believe those positions were created by programes for programmers in the 1980s
  • this is vastly superior to any european layout I have used for those keys
• caps
  • backspace -> left-control
• alterations to semicolon, wovels & consensenats:
  • q <-> j
  • r <-> s
  • ; -> o -> y -> ;

In this repo

• readme with copy paste instructions to set up an exotic layout (from a live-CD)
• jolemak (based on colemak) for X.org (xkb symbols based on us/colemak)
• jolerus (based on jolemak) russian phonetic mapping of jolemak
• jolemak.klc source file for Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
• binary installer for windows 7..11 (and later? could work on xp too)
• virtual console key map

Installing the layout

copy & paste from a live-cd:

if [[ ! -f /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/genja ]]; then
    (curl -L -k http://tinyurl.com/p9cw7lz \
        || wget http://tinyurl.com/p9cw7lz -O-) \
        | sudo tee /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/genja | wc -c
fi
xset r rate 290 46
setxkbmap genja -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

the xorg-map file:

$ curl http://tinyurl.com/p9cw7lz
=
link to https://raw.githubusercontent.com
    /tox2ik/genja-jolemak/master/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/genja

layout, jolemak:

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   j w f p g q l u o y [ ] \
    a s r t d h n e i ; '
     z x c v b k m , . /

 (@, æ) = { yå, aä, ;æ, 'ø, [«, ]», sß, oö, uü, ... }

• 

With Alt-Gr:

• 

additionally, there are 'hidden keys'.

 alt-gr+(@) -> œ

 where @ is input and æ is the hidden key.

layout, jolerus:

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   я ш ф п г ч л у о ы [ ] \
    а с р т д х н е и ; '
     з ж ц в б к м , . /

 @ = { ф, у, ш, ,, ., и, е }
 œ = { э, ю, щ, ь, ъ, й, ё }

no root

use this when you cantwrite to /usr/share/X11/xkb

xkbcomp -I$HOME/.xkb $HOME/.xkb/xkb-input $DISPLAY

Using the layout

todo: add layout for grub2

X.org

$ setxkbmap genja [jolemak]
$ setxkbmap genja jolerus

Virtual console

$ loadkeys /usr/share/keymaps/i386/colemak/genja.map

Systemd

$ localectl set-x11-keymap genja
$ localectl set-keymap genja

Initramfs

Add the binary layout to the ram-fs and load it with busybox loadkmap.

$ loadkeys -b genja.map > initramfs-overlay/jolemak.bmap
$ loadkmap < jolemak.bmap

Windows

Install from the provided binary and chose the "us - jolemak" variety in settings - regional settings.

Mac OS

Use Ukelele_3.30.dmg to create or modify layouts on mac os