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+# Townk's Keymap
+
+Trying to take care of an enjury on my arm I borrow an ergonomic keyboard from
+a frient ([Kinesis Advantage](http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-pro-for-pc-mac/)).
+
+I really enjoyed my time with it but there were some anoyancies:
+
+* The curvature on the keys bothered me since I'm a Vim user and using the
+  motion keys on my editor was awkard.
+* I had to spend too much time remapping the keyboard to make some symbol keys
+  more accessible to me.
+* The fact that my hands had to stay close to each other was a bit stressfull
+  to my sholders.
+
+After a long research I find out that Ergodox EZ would be perfect for my needs
+and purchase one. Before the keyboard even got in my hands I started to think
+on the layout I would use on it and soon enough I planed couple adjustments
+from the Kinesis I was using so far.
+
+## The layout
+
+Here are the layout mapping in images so you can have a glimpse on it:
+
+![Base Layout](townk_osx_base.png)
+![fn Layout](townk_osx_fn.png)
+![Keypad & Mouse Layout](townk_osx_keypad.png)
+
+Notice that, differently from the default behavior, my layer keys are not transparent
+by default, which means that if you press any non-labeled white key, nothing will be
+handled to the OS.
+
+### One shot keys
+
+It all started with the access to the function keys (F1, F2, F3...), since
+those keys are located on a different layer I needed a way to press them with
+minimal effort without disrupting my flow.
+
+For me, togglihg a layer to press a button and than toggle it back is a waste
+of time (although I admit it's a single tap from what I have), so I decided to
+do it as a one shot key. I could press it and the next pressed key would be
+handled by the target layer which just after it delivers the key to the OS it
+would get back to the previous layer.
+
+After setting up my layout to do just that I realized that occasionally I
+would stop myseld on the middle of the process and the one shot layer would be
+still triggered until I press any other key. So to prevent me from tapping
+keys I don't want I added a timeout of 3 seconds for the one shot actions.
+
+Ultimately I tested the shift key as a one shot one and really like it, so
+here you have it, all the one shot keys on my layout.
+
+## Glossary
+
+If you're not familiar with the Mac symbols used on some keys, here is a
+reference to them:
+
+| Symbol | Description         |
+| :----: | ------------------- |
+|   ⌘    | Command             |
+|   ⇪    | Caps Lock           |
+|   ⇧    | Shift               |
+|   ⌥    | Option (alt)        |
+|   ⎋    | Esc                 |
+|   ⇥    | Tab forward         |
+|   ⇤    | Tab backward        |
+|   ⌃    | Control             |
+|   ␣    | Space               |
+|   ⌫    | Backspace           |
+|   ⌦    | Delete              |
+|   ⏎    | Enter               |
+|   ⌤    | Return              |
+|   ⌽    | Power on/off button |
+|   ↖    | Home                |
+|   ↘    | End                 |
+|   ⇞    | Page up             |
+|   ⇟    | Page down           |
+|   ⌧    | Clear               |