Space Cadet Keyboard for Kinesis Advantage

Kanata and XKB configs for a Space Cadet-inspired Kinesis Advantage 2 / Advantage 360 layout.

The default variant is layer-based: hold End or PgDn for a fun layer with Space Cadet command keys. Chord-based variants are also included for reference.

Keymap drawings

Layered layout (primary)

Chorded layout (alternate)

Contents

• kanata/ — Kanata configs for Advantage 2 and Advantage 360.
  • *.layered.kanata.kbd are the recommended layer-based variants.
  • non-layered files are the older chord-based variants.
• xkb/ — user XKB layout/rules/keymap for Space Cadet symbols and private-use command keysyms.
• draw-kanata-keymap.py — converts these Kanata/XKB files into keymap-drawer YAML/SVG.
• drawings/ — generated Advantage 2 drawings.
• space-cadet-layered-mnemonics.md — mnemonic notes for the fun layer.
• reload-spacecadet-xkb.sh — helper to reapply XKB after Kanata recreates its uinput device.

Requirements

• kanata
• xkbcomp
• Python 3 with PyYAML
• keymap-drawer for drawing generation (keymap command)

Generate drawings

./draw-kanata-keymap.py \
  --kanata kanata/kinesis.advantage2.layered.kanata.kbd \
  --xkb xkb/symbols/spacecadet \
  --qmk-info-json kinesis.qmk.json \
  --output-yaml drawings/kinesis.advantage2.layered.k-draw.yaml \
  --output-svg drawings/kinesis.advantage2.layered.svg

XKB

The Space Cadet command functions are mapped to private-use keysyms (UE000...) where possible so desktop/media/system shortcuts do not fire accidentally. Apply the bundled XKB keymap with:

xkbcomp -I"$PWD/xkb" -w 0 xkb/keymap/spacecadet.xkb "$DISPLAY"

Or use reload-spacecadet-xkb.sh, which tries to discover the active X display/auth from the current session.

Dotfiles integration

This repo is intended to be usable standalone, but it is also submodule-friendly for GNU Stow dotfiles. Symlink the files you want from your dotfiles package into this repository, then stow the package as usual.