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Converting a normal keyboard (staggered NKRO QWERTY) to a dedicated Plover keyboard
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Converting a normal keyboard (staggered NKRO QWERTY) to a dedicated Plover keyboard
Mingye Wang edited this page 2021-04-14 02:42:38 +08:00
Performed on a LionCast Gaming Keyboard LK10
Equipment
(Most is optional)
- Plover
- Keyboard
- Bowls or plastic baggies
- Something to remove keycaps from the keyboard (pulling tool that came with the keyboard or you 3D-printed, paperclip bent into hooks, adhesive tape. There are guides with text, pictures and videos out there. Google "remove keycap [name of your keyboard]")
- Masking tape
- Label maker with plastic tape
- Blu tack
Steps
- Take picture of keyboard to know where keys used to be
- Use Plover to find out which keys are used, and which ones aren't
- Pluck off the keys in the Steno layout: #STKPWHRAO*EUFRPBLGTSDZ - except for F
- And yes, there's probably only a single S, T, P on your keyboard.
- Put them to the side, in a bowl or baggy
- Pluck off semicolon, colon, hyphen, asterisk, or similar
- Put those into another bowl
- Leave these keys in place: numbers (0-9), F, J, up-arrow, down-arrow. Pluck off the remaining ones, putting them into 3 bowls: letter keys, irregular shapes, and the rest.
- I left the up- and down-arrow keys on because they can be used to navigate Plover's paper tape.
- F and J are the ones with bumps.
- Check if you can use a non-bumpy key in place of F and J
- If you can: put F into the steno layout bowl, and J in the letter key bowl. If not: leave both in their places
- Pluck out 6, and put the # key there - Reminder that it's the number row, and where the center is.
- Put the asterisk in the lower right corner of the group of 4 keys for *, and semikolon and the rest in the other 3.
- Test that they're in the correct places using Plover
- Put the steno layout keys in their steno layout places
- I placed my S, T and P top left
- Put keys on the rest. Whichever suit you. I chose C for the other S on the left, for instance.
- Use masking tape to tape over the gaps where ESC, F-keys, Home/Insert etc., numpad and arrowkeys were to reduce dust buildup
- Start practising with Qwerty-steno, and notice what's least comfortable
- For me, those were the bottom 4 keys. Pointy things that dug into my thumbs
- See if you can make them more comfortable with Blu Tac
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