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The keyboard controller [firmware] doesn't know anything about symbols, when it's following the basic USB HID protocol. And it doesn't know anything about symbol layers either (those accessed via Shift or AltGr).

All you can do is send macros that correspond to pressing a given modifier, then a ...

I am looking at the documentation again, and the example layout from Ergodox EZ website, but I am a little confused. Does each KC stand for a pair of symbols that is invariably connected in the sense that, say, Shift + KC_BSLASH always outputs when the layout is US? Thats the impression i get ...

Did you use a working (non ergodox) keyboard to register the needed keys through the GUI? If the numerical code for say an "umlaut" in Swiss layouts is the same as "q" on a standard English layout then it will show "q" in the GUI editor even though when you load it up on your keyboard it will print ...

Hi.
I got an Ergodox EZ for Christmas, and I have been having trouble getting a good layout on it. I tried using the graphical layout editor on their website, which put the right keys (except Y and Z) and modifier buttons on it. The symbols are a mess, however. I cant figure out why or how its gone ...