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Finger 123478910
Usage 7.25% (P89)8.21% (P52)12.76% (P73)12.49% (P48)15.76% (P84)11.55% (P21)6.93% (P5)7.82% (P61)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 1.62% (P85) 0.11% (P54) 2.77% (P93) 1.75% (P92)
Skipgram 5.55% (P79) 0.34% (P65) 3.16% (P89) 2.16% (P93)
No Thumbs Left Space Right Space
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.25% (P16) 0.28% (P5) 0.68% (P38)
Weak Redirects 0.37% (P53) 0.18% (P55) 0.18% (P55)
Other Same Finger 22.86% (P82) 14.89% (P84) 14.89% (P84)
Rolls : Alts 1.19 (P7) 1.39 (P26) 1.66 (P71)
2-Roll In : Out 0.66 (P3) 0.91 (P32) 0.71 (P0)
3-Roll In : Out 0.50 (P17) 0.90 (P27) 0.30 (P5)
Author
Peter Klausler
Year
2003
Finger Map
Traditional
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Klausler, or Klausler’s Evolved Layout, is notable for being generated using an evolutionary algorithm other than simulated annealing, the standard for later layout optimization programs. It uses a tournament format in which randomly generated layouts compete with each other, and the top 1/4 layouts undergo random mutations and move on to the next round; the tournament ends when the top-performing layout has not changed for 50 rounds. The fitness function is also unique: it is derived from real-world keystroke speed data from an included keylogger, rather than using hand-selected heuristics as in most later optimizer programs.

The Evolved Layout is very similar to Dvorak, with the vowels and punctuation in a block on the left and nths on the right hand home keys, like Dvorak’s htns. Like Dvorak, it prefers alternation over rolls. However, it does not improve on any of Dvorak’s stats, besides a slight decrease in SFB%.

Install

Section titled “Install”

Kanata is a keyboard remapper that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  1. Install Kanata by following “Step 1: Set Up Kanata” in Nova’s Kanata setup guide:

    Step 1: Set Up Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)

  2. Download the Kanata config file for Klausler:

    Klausler

  3. Make sure you know how to type your computer password using Klausler.

  4. Run Kanata with the downloaded config file and make sure the layout works as you expect: 

    kanata --cfg path/to/config.kbd

  5. To have Klausler activate whenever your computer starts up, follow the instructions to “Automatically start Kanata”:

    Automatically start Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)