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Recurva

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Finger 123478910
Usage 6.83% (P71)9.90% (P89)11.36% (P47)9.34% (P3)10.88% (P38)12.05% (P26)12.97% (P91)9.44% (P97)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.66% (P34) 0.08% (P37) 1.22% (P33) 0.35% (P16)
Skipgram 3.68% (P8) 0.09% (P13) 2.81% (P74) 1.48% (P76)
No Thumbs Left Space Right Space
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.70% (P57) 0.93% (P68) 1.33% (P92)
Weak Redirects 0.77% (P82) 0.37% (P86) 0.37% (P86)
Other Same Finger 16.64% (P13) 11.35% (P18) 11.35% (P18)
Rolls : Alts 1.76 (P65) 2.32 (P71) 1.46 (P41)
2-Roll In : Out 0.81 (P15) 0.73 (P9) 0.99 (P21)
3-Roll In : Out 1.10 (P46) 2.14 (P68) 0.59 (P24)
Author
Bryson James (GalileoBlues)
Year
2023
Finger Map
Traditional
GitHub Repository

Recurva is notable for achieving the lowest SFS of its time, slightly lower than the previous record-holder Semimak. It is influenced by Whorf, Semimak, and Pine.

Recurva is named after the Eucalyptus Recurva, a critically endangered Australian plant species.

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 Recurva:

    Recurva

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

  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 Recurva activate whenever your computer starts up, follow the instructions to “Automatically start Kanata”:

    Automatically start Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)