[Keymap] Adding bdk keymap for ergobox_ez (#4850)
* Adding bdk keymap * Updating keymap after review from drashna
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# The BDK Ergodox Keyboard Layout
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## Dvorak-based
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This was the first alternative layout I switched to and I don't want to change
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again.
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## Mod-tap / Layer-tap is great for thumb keys
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This means a key that activates a layer/modifier when you hold it down, but
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results in a keyclick when you tap it. Thumb keys are great for this since
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they are good for both high-usage keys as well as modifiers.
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The one thing to avoid is when you mean to tap a key, but hit the next key
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before you release, which results in the modifier/layer instead of a tap. To
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avoid this, I chose Enter/Tab as the tap keys, since they aren't chorded
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together with other keys often.
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The other issue is I found several problems with using the standard MT,LT code,
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so I rolled my own to handle it.
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## Don't have too many layers
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My first layouts had multiple layers that I could switch to, but that
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overloaded my brain. This layout basically only uses 1 extra layer.
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Technically there's also a function key layer, but I only use those keys for
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a handlful of things: boot order, rename, reload page, that's basically it.
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## Brackets should be easy to use
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There's a lot of ways to lay out a symbol layer. I organized mine around
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making the {[()]} chars easy to use since they're so frequent in programming.
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I put them all on the symbol layer home row.
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I also arranged the numbers so 0/1 were also on the symbol layer home row.
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This makes for fairly easy chording of "[0]" and "[1]".
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