Keyboard Layout

My Keyboard Layout: Canary-Miryoku

This is the Canary-Miryoku keyboard layout I’m currently learning. It combines:

Canary — A stats-optimized alpha layout for minimal finger travel
Miryoku — A logic-based symbol layer philosophy

The Core (Alphas)

Standard Canary with Angle Mod. This arranges the A-Z keys to minimize finger travel and same-finger usage. The bottom-left shift (Angle Mod) keeps the left wrist neutral on a MacBook.

Top:    W  L  Y  P  K    Z  X  O  U  ;
Home:   C  R  S  T  B    F  N  E  I  A
Bot:    Q  J  V  D  G    M  H  /  ,  .

The Layers (Symbols)

Miryoku Principles. Hold Space to access the symbol layer. Instead of optimizing for one language, symbols are arranged by geometric pairs on the home row.

Right Hand (Enclosure Layer)

Home Row: ( ) and { } — Index/Middle = Parentheses, Ring/Pinky = Braces
Top Row: [ ] and < > — Index/Middle = Brackets, Ring/Pinky = Generics

Left Hand (Operator Layer)

Home Row: = _ - + — Universal assignment and math operators

Implementation

This runs via Kanata on macOS.

(defsrc
  q w e r t y u i o p [ ]
  a s d f g h j k l ; '
  z x c v b n m , . /
  spc
)

(deflayer canary
  ;; CANARY ALPHAS (Standard)
  w l y p k z x o u ; [ ]
  c r s t b f n e i a '
  ;; ANGLE MOD (Left hand shifted 1u left)
  q j v d g m h / , .
  @miryoku_switch
)

(deflayer miryoku_symbols
  ;; LEFT HAND (Operators/Math)  ;; RIGHT HAND (Enclosures/Pairs)
  ! @ # $ %                      ^ & * < > +
  | : _ - +                      ( ) { } = "
  \ ~ ` . *                      [ ] ? / \
  _
)

(defalias
  ;; HOLD SPACE = LAYERS / TAP SPACE = SPACE
  miryoku_switch (tap-hold 200 200 spc (layer-toggle miryoku_symbols))
)