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@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@-Support boards like the sweep, or other ortholinear NKRO boards with 2+ thumb keys, but only 5 rows.+Pinchord does not have built-in support for boards with 5 rows on each side, like the sweep. -Boards like the Uni and Picosteno have 5 rows on the left hand, but they have a six rows on the right hand.+Ortholinear NKRO boards with 2 or more thumb keys and 5 rows should be supported, and out of the box. -By moving `&` above `+`, and making either `&/` or `/&` capitalize the previous or next word, you could get away with only 5 rows on either hand.+This would lower Pinchord's hardware constraints, and allow Pinchord to work on the proportionally large number of ortholinear NKRO boards that were not designed for steno, like the sweep. -`e` would be moved to left `*`, `^` to where `&` is now, and `&` above `+`. `s` has to be dropped, of course.+--- -This would be pretty much just as feasible as using Pinchord with a Uni or Picosteno, just slightly less efficient with the split caps stroke.+These boards could be supported by moving `&` above `+` moving `e` to the right `*`, moving `^` to the left asterisk, and making `&/` capitalize the next word.++Currently, both the Plover and Javelin implementations reset the capitalization and space suppression state before every stroke (via `{}`), so this behavior would need to be toggleable.++This layout would be nearly as feasible and efficient as using Pinchord with a Uni or Picosteno, the only difference being that you have to split capitalization into a prefix stroke (some users want to do this anyway)