Request for more docs or links

[kylecordes]

It looks like this software, which I appreciate very much, is mostly used by people already very familiar with the details of keyboard layout customization and so on. But interest in highly configurable keyboards is increasing rapidly, so there are a lot of us wandering in here who don't have much background.

Therefore, this is a request that either a bit more documentation, or a handful of links be added to the Via web site pointing to information like:

• What are some good guidelines or rules of thumb that the community has already discovered, on how to make best use of layers?
• I'm using a Mac with a 65% keyboard; where can I find example layout files provide a good start in the right direction from which to further customize?
• There is a key on my default keyboard that I can't spot away to bind from this other keyboard using Via… What is the process like to add support to a key that doesn't exist yet? Is that something a user can do by editing a file? Does that require software development/recompilation?

Likely these topics are much-discussed somewhere - for people who know where to look. It would be great if Via linked to those places!

[domoaligato]

Via is a frontend for QMK. There is a lot of information in the QMK docs as well as reddit. I would try to search around for "QMK Mac" for examples. It is mostly a personal preference thing. I have always based my layouts roughly around the kbc poker.