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Finger 123478910
Usage 6.13% (P51)7.92% (P30)11.46% (P53)16.11% (P88)8.13% (P1)13.93% (P74)12.05% (P76)7.05% (P38)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.50% (P15) 0.06% (P23) 1.80% (P63) 0.52% (P38)
Skipgram 5.19% (P68) 0.43% (P75) 2.15% (P33) 0.79% (P18)
No Thumbs Left Space Right Space
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.70% (P58) 0.67% (P45) 0.88% (P67)
Weak Redirects 0.13% (P12) 0.06% (P14) 0.06% (P14)
Other Same Finger 18.36% (P44) 12.65% (P56) 12.65% (P56)
Rolls : Alts 1.48 (P42) 1.95 (P50) 1.62 (P61)
2-Roll In : Out 1.02 (P36) 0.94 (P37) 1.04 (P33)
3-Roll In : Out 0.10 (P2) 0.70 (P19) 0.36 (P11)
Author
Keyhabit
Year
2024
Finger Map
Traditional
GitHub Repository

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 Focal:

    Focal

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

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

    Automatically start Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)