A keyboard-layout for my laptop

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My keyboard

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To aid in the design I've a personal very non-scientific reachability map.

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| [_1_][0][0][0][0][1][4][1][0][0][0][0][_1___] |
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Suggested layout

How to fit a layout that is efficient but not too different from the regular layout.

Modifiers / Special keys

A lot of these layouts will be in reference to a certain modifier.

Esc, Shift, shift_lvl5, shift_lvl3, sUper, Ctrl, Alt, Menu, BackSpace, Delete, Hyper:

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| [US][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][___] |
| [Esc][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][Ctrl_] |
| [Alt_][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][_BS/D_] |
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All in all

The following is showing the mapping of all keys simultaneously.

Normal

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| [ ][1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][A][B][C][    ] |
| [S ][q][w][e][r][t][ ][y][u][i][o][p][^][ $ ] |
| [Esc][a][s][d][f][g][ ][h][j][k][l][.][Ctrl ] |
| [Alt ][z][x][c][v][b][b][n][m][ ][ ][  BS   ] |
| [ ]   [U][3][    Space    ][S][5][M][ ]EΞƎ[ ] |
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Shift

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| [ ][1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][A][B][C][    ] |
| [S ][Q][W][E][R][T][ ][Y][U][I][O][P][\][ % ] |
| [Esc][A][S][D][F][G][ ][H][J][K][L][,][Ctrl ] |
| [Alt ][Z][X][C][V][ ][B][N][M][ ][ ][  Del  ] |
| [ ]   [U][3][     Tab     ][S][M][N][ ]EΞƎ[ ] |
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Lvl3

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| [S_][ ][å][ä][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ö][ ][#][___] |
| [___][@][{][(][[][<][ ][_][]][)][}][:][Ctrl_] |
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Lvl3 Shift

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| [___][ ][ ][;][=][>][ ][ ][`]["]['][ ][Ctrl ] |
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Lvl5

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| [ ][1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][A][B][C][    ] |
| [S_][ ][?][!][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][+][-][*][/][   ] |
| [___][1][2][3][4][5][ ][6][7][8][9][0][Ctrl ] |
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Lvl5 Shift

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| [S_][ ][¿][¡][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][±][ ][ ][ ][   ] |
| [___][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][Ctrl_] |
| [____][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][__Alt__] |
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Hyper

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| [S_][ ][ ][€][®][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][§][ ][ × ] |
| [___][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][←][↓][↑][→][_][Ctrl_] |
| [____][ ][ ][©][ ][ ][ ][ ][µ][ ][ ][__Alt__] |
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Hyper Shift

Home, pageDown, pageUp, End

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| [___][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][H][D][U][E][_][Ctrl_] |
| [____][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][__Alt__] |
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