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+# Cranium's Preonic layout
+
+This layout is based on the Preonic default with some changes I find interesting to share.
+
+## Default layer
+```
+ ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
+ | ` | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Esc |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | Tab | Q | W | E | R | T | Y | U | I | O | P | Esc |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|-------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | Bksp | A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | ; | " |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | Shift| Z | X | C | V | B | N | M | , | . | / | | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | Ctrl | F12 | GUI | Alt |Lower | Space |Raise |AltGr | [ | ] |Enter |
+ `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+```
+- As a Colemak user, Capslock was rebound to Backspace.
+- Escape was moved to the top-right of the keyboard
+- Enter was moved to the bottom-right of the keyboard. It's now easy to hit and can even be activated with the palm.
+- An F12 was put next to the left CTRL => it's the shortcut I use to toggle the Guake terminal.
+- I don't really use the key below my Escape (top-right, 2nd row), so I'll consider any ideas for the moment.
+
+
+## Lower
+```
+ ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
+ | ~ | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|-------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | ! | @ | # | $ | % | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | Del |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|-------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | Del | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | - | + | = | | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | LGUI | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | | | | | _ | | | | | |
+ `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+```
+- Not much changes here
+
+## Raise
+```
+ ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|-------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | Del | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | Up | Down | Left |Right | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | Home | End | | | Shift|
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | | | | | _ | | | | | |
+ `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+```
+- Perhaps one of the most interesting change: the arrow keys were moved to the right-hand home row, activated with the Raise layer. It means I can use the arrow keys without moving my hand from the home row, by activating the Raise layer with my thumb. It took a while to adapt but it was totally worth it. To note, I also put Home/End on the same layer but one row below, with I also find really useful.
+
+## Adjust
+```
+ ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
+ | | | | | | | | | | | | Sleep|
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | Reset| Debug| | | | | | | | | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|-------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | | |Aud on|AudOff|AGnorm|AGswap| Vol+ | Vol- | Prev | Next | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | |Voice-|Voice+|Mus on|MusOff|MidiOn|MidOff| | | | | |
+ |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
+ | | | | | | Play | | | | | PrScr|
+ `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+```
+- The "arrow" keys act as Vol+/Vol-/Previous/Next on the Adjust layer (which is quite a natural mapping for these media keys).