Heise Simulator Keyboard Layout (Mac only)

Lucas Garron · Mar 10, 2010

Download: HeiseSimulatorKeyboardLayout_v1_1.zip

I was using Ukulele to create a mapping for my new QBF keyboard layout, when I realized that the state system for entering accents was essentially a DFA which could be hacked to create a reasonable Heise Sim keyboard.

It essentially uses the keymapping below, but it can also move-cancel moves of the same type. Therefore, if you type F F U' L R' F' F' L' R U' F' F' , it will cancel to F2 U' L R' F2' L' R U' as you type.

Unfortunately, I don't think this is possible on Windows without some special program, which wouldn't feel as integrated. But if you know the Heise layout and have access to a Mac, I highly recommend you try it. It feels really cool.

readme.txt said:
Heise Simulator Keyboard Layout for Typing Rubik's Cube Algs.
Idea and Implementation by Lucas Garron, March 7, 2010
Version 1.1

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ABOUT
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This Mac OSX "keyboard layout" allows you to type Rubik's Cube algs using the fabulous controls invented by Ryan Heise and popularized at http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/speed.html
Cmd-Shortcuts will work as normal.

Made with Ukulele: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=ukelele

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INSTALLATION
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Install the layout by copying "HeiseSimulator.keylayout" and "HeiseSimulator.icns" to Library/Keyboard Layouts or to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts (create one of them if they don't exist).
You may need to log out of OS X and log in again before it will be available; then use System Preferences / Language & Tools / Input Sources to enable it. It should now be an option from the keyboard layout icon in the upper right of the screen. Please note the layout may not work on currently running programs until they are relaunched.

MichaelP. · Mar 10, 2010

I can't the folder "Library/Keyboard Layouts or to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts". Do I need to create one?

miniGOINGS · Mar 10, 2010

I love having an M' key...

dbax0999 · Mar 11, 2010

I'm not on my mac right now, but did you make it so while an f is a U', an F (capital) is a u'?

Caedus · Mar 11, 2010

Yay! Finally something cool for Mac. Looks pretty neat, I'll have to give it a try.

BTW, a small spelling mistake:

Lucas Garron said:
...layout and have access to a May...

jfly · Mar 11, 2010

So awesome. I really wanna try.

MichaelP. · Mar 11, 2010

MichaelP. said:
I can't the folder "Library/Keyboard Layouts or to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts". Do I need to create one?

Lucas Garron · Mar 11, 2010

MichaelP. said:
I can't the folder "Library/Keyboard Layouts or to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts". Do I need to create one?

Yes. I'll add that to the next version of the readme.

miniGOINGS said:
I love having an M' key...

So do I.

(I actually added it here first. Now, how to add M...)

dbax0999 said:
I'm not on my mac right now, but did you make it so while an f is a U', an F (capital) is a u'?

No, f is U', and shift-f is U2'. But thanks for mentioning that; I will add this functionality to the option keys.

MichaelP. · Mar 11, 2010

masterofthebass · Mar 11, 2010

You don't put the folder created into that folder, you put the files directly there.

MichaelP. · Mar 11, 2010

O.k. Now I have
HeiseSimulator.icns
HeiseSimulator.keylayout
readme.txt
in the folder called "library/keyboard layouts". I still don't know how to open it.

masterofthebass · Mar 11, 2010

you don't need readme.txt as its just a readme..

To change your keyboard layout, go into the system preferences -> language & text. Then go to the input sources tab and choose the layout you want. I would suggest adding an icon to your menu bar, since you won't be keeping it this way.

MichaelP. · Mar 11, 2010

As I say in the video, I don't have a "language and text" option.

Lucas Garron · Mar 11, 2010

Lucas Garron said:
You may need to log out of OS X and log in again before it will be available

Have you tried that?

By the way, yes, that should be "Language and Text" (not "Language and Tools"), although it used to be under "Internationalization" before 10.6.

MichaelP. · Mar 11, 2010

Lucas Garron said:
Lucas Garron said:

You may need to log out of OS X and log in again before it will be available

Click to expand...

Have you tried that?

By the way, yes, that should be "Language and Text" (not "Language and Tools"), although it used to be under "Internationalization" before 10.6.

I logged out, but I still don't have a "Language and Text" option in system preferences, and I don't have an application to open it with.

masterofthebass · Mar 11, 2010

If you just read that post, lucas says that its in Internationalization in 10.5 (leopard). I actually only remembered it as such when I went to go change my options. Also, if you ever have trouble finding ANYTHING on a mac, just search it. The little search bar in the system preferences shows you where everything you could possibly want is.

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