keyboard-layout layer

This layer can be customized with two variables:

• kl-enabled-configurations
• kl-disabled-configurations

The first one is used to set the list of configurations to activate, and the second one to prevent loading certain configurations. If the kl-enabled-configurations is nil (by default), all configurations are loaded. Otherwise, only the listed configurations are loaded. Any configuration listed in kl-disabled-configurations will never be loaded, whether it is in the enabled list or not (empty by default).

(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
  (keyboard-layout :variables
                   kl-layout 'dvorak
                   kl-disabled-configurations '(org magit))))

It is possible to override or add bindings by defining functions named kl/pre-config-<NAME> and kl/post-config-<NAME> in dotspacemacs/user-init. They are respectively called just before and after the actual configuration of keybindings in this layer, so you don't have to think about when to apply the configuration by yourself. <NAME> is the name of the configuration you want to customize, they are listed under the Configuration section.

Example:

(defun kl/post-config-company ()
  "Company delete backward."
  (kl/set-in-state company-active-map (kbd "C-w") 'evil-delete-backward-word))

Note: If you define some of these functions in your own layer, be sure that the keyboard-layout layer is placed after it in the dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list.

bepo is a keyboard layout optimized for the French language.

The mapping correction is the one proposed for vim on the official bepo wiki.

• Map the movements keys under the right hand's fingers:
  • c → h
  • t → j
  • s → k
  • r → l
• Map lost functionalities back to some keys:
  • h → r
  • j → t
  • k → s
  • l → c

Some bepo keys are not used in traditional mapping, mainly because they are not on the en-us keyboard layout. They are used as aliases for other shortcuts:

• Map unused é key as an alias of w, more useful in vim mode:
  • é → w
  • É → W
• Map indentation on direct-access keys:
  • » → >
  • « → <

Some default configurations are also not optimal for vim, so the following defaults are changed:

• Change evil-escape escape combination to something faster to type, while being nearly nonexistent in French or English words:
  • fd → gq
• In avy, the key used to select words/lines are remapped to the 8 characters under the fingers:
  • a u i e t s r n

Note: One difference exists with the wiki version: the w is not remapped to C-w to avoid having to change its meaning in other modes. Spacemacs provides already a SPC w key binding for working with windows.

dvorak is a keyboard layout optimized for the English language. dvorak programmer is an optimized keyboard layout focused in programming and it's a variant of the more general dvorak (us) keyboard layout. This configuration will remap keybindings for the dvorak-programmer variant.