Learning a new layout is a good way to reprogram yourself and learn to type better, if you developed bad habits

If you're programming I suggest merging Colemak letters with Programmer Dvorak punctuation by using this
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665.aspx

I made an english installer of it, but you probably need punctuation I didn't bother with

Thanks, I guess I can start learning colemak then =).

Thanks for tips. I'm gonna definitely gonna start learning colemak. I was scared that seeing that I had bad habits I didn't have any hope. I thought by saying that I was using vim it was implied that I wasn't using windows. Anyway, I think I can do something similar or extract the ideas.

I've read through your posts more than once and I still can't understand what do they mean =/, at least I know that I have to patch the files, but I'm a bit scared because I'm not using Ubuntu and it's going to give me a lot of head aches later (I'm using Arch Linux) updating the system. I've to come with some idea to overcome that, maybe with "patched" xorg-keyboard (I believe that's the name of the package).

I don't understand that concept D:, can you explain it again?

Thanks everyone for your comments, they have proven to be very useful :)

Ah. Well, these distros all use the X server so my files aren't really all that Ubuntu specific. If you want to use my 'instdiff' script have a look inside it; there's a 'X11DIR' variable that should match the path to your X11 directory which may vary between distros. Also, there's a '-t' option for the script that allows you to run a test patching; if that works then the files are the right version and everything should work perfectly.

The 'ub' tag on the file names mainly shows you what X11 version to expect. Usually the XKB files aren't changed between Ubuntu versions (although it did happen once that I know of). If you try a fairly recent version it should probably match - and if it doesn't then the '-t' test run should tell you that.

Using the Wide mod(s) may be a bit tricky on some distros. On standard Ubuntu for instance, you have to edit the keyboard model manually in /etc/default/keyboards. On XUbuntu it's easier as you can set the keyboard model in the settings manager.

Sorry if the descriptions of my mods are obscure. I wish I knew what parts don't make sense... See, I made a set of AltGr mappings that I really like myself (Colemak[eD]); those are the basis for my international variants. Then I provide one variant with all the symbol keys the way they are in that locale's default keyboard layout; then your keys will do what's printed on the keys but I don't prefer that myself. Instead, I change a few lesser-used mappings to provide the most needed characters for each locale. For you, that's ñ and some dead key that's otherwise a bit hard to reach in the default setup. So the Spanish/LatAm 'us' layout has those characters in easy-to-reach places. (Since I have trouble switching between Wide and nonWide layouts the images show a Wide setup but you can choose whether you like that or not!)

      
   The Spanish/LatAm 'us' Colemak[eD] only differs from the usual 'us' layout in three keys,
      for the ñ (LSGT key) and easy accents (bracket keys)
   The brackets move to AltGr positions (which is good when you're typing Spanish;
      when you're coding use the default 'us' layout!)

The Extend layer is completely brilliant and I like it as much as I like Colemak itself! It means that pressing down CapsLock all the other keys get a new meaning and UNEI becomes the arrow keys (useful for Vim) etc etc. Under Windows it's pure magic to press Caps+S(=Shift)+T(=Ctrl)+N(=Left) to select the previous word, and it feels very easy to remember as well! Again, it's described in the Big Bag topic.

Really? From where :P.

Thanks for the idea, I started yesterday :B

Yes, it's true. Though still it isn't a very ciean way... I'm used to arch elegance so force updates it's not something that I like. Anyway, I believe I can make a AUR patched package for xkeyboard-config.

I don't understand what do you mean by "Wide mod". Do you just mean using a 104/105 instead 101/102 keyboard?

EDIT: After reading, I understand that I can move the "home keys" a bit more and add some keys in-between?

Ok, now I'm starting to understand. Though seeing the image you posted, I don't see why a key like ¨ (diéresis) it's so easily accessible (I mean, it is too on latam keyboards) but I don't remember the last time I used it.On the other hand, the altgr + letter to do the áéíóúñ it's ok for me, so I guess I can stick with the us layout :).

Hey, that seems pretty cool and I loved it. The only issue that I'm getting used to use the caps lock as Ctrl key D:, anyway I get the idea :D.

Don't worry, vim is one of the most famous text editors, https://www.vi-improved.org/.

Pablox: I got your email about patching for another Linux distro, but my mail setup doesn't let me answer Forum mail. It's interesting enough to post here anyway. ;)

So, you got quite a lot of fuzz/offset when patching; that could be okay I guess but then again we never know.

If you check my topic again you'll find a link to the original and modified files. You could try a 3-way patch with your files, will that be better you think?

If you make a nice patch file, let's make it available in the main topic for other users of that distro! :)