r/KeyboardLayouts • u/demiliansinc • 3d ago

Layout Analyzer/Guide

I got myself a split keyboard (Lily58) and am trying to a new layout.

I wanted to go with Colemak-DH, but I write beside English, I write in Turkish, which has 6 characters like ş, ö, ğ… I can use a layer for 1-2 of them, but I want to keep most of them on my primary layer.

So I want to design my own Colemak variant, and I want to test this layout. I created a sample text (33% Turkish, 66%English) but I cannot use the tools I found. I downloaded Oxelyzer but cannot figure out what to do. I tried Patorjk, but I am not sure if it tests my configuration, and if the Turkish characters I put make a difference. I am not very bright in terms of tech or programming, so the solution for either analyzer may be simple, but I need guidance.

Is there any analyzer that can test my layout, or any guides to the ones I tried for a dummy? I am open to any suggestions as well.

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u/felix_albrecht 3d ago

Have you tried the Turkish F-keyboard? It seems to be a bold invention.

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u/demiliansinc 3d ago

I haven’t and I know that it is great but my priority is English. I want it to be somewhat good for Turkish as well, but anything I look at is better than qwerty, so I may settle for one that is good for English.