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CTGAP

CTGAP is a series of layouts created by the author, who goes by the same name. It acknowledges several influences, including APT and BEAKL.

Finger 1234578910
Usage 4.25% (P18)7.66% (P59)12.19% (P68)10.71% (P17)17.5%11.29% (P54)16.15% (P92)8.86% (P54)7.33% (P58)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.80% (P43) 0.15% (P70) 0.79% (P13) 3.41% (P68)
Skipgram 5.29% (P61) 0.19% (P37) 2.34% (P55) 5.05% (P59)
No Thumbs With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.33% (P18) 0.32% (P8)
Weak Redirects 0.13% (P11) 0.06% (P12)
Other Same Finger 18.21% (P51) 12.27% (P59)
Rolls : Alts 1.47 (P35) 2.01 (P66)
2-Roll In : Out 0.73 (P2) 0.61 (P0)
3-Roll In : Out 0.18 (P3) 0.76 (P21)
Author
Colby Chai (CTGAP)
Year
2022
Finger Map
Traditional
Finger 1234578910
Usage 4.30% (P20)7.92% (P68)12.05% (P67)11.63% (P42)17.5%10.22% (P36)16.15% (P93)8.86% (P55)7.33% (P59)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.92% (P54) 0.09% (P44) 1.11% (P38) 2.74% (P44)
Skipgram 5.31% (P63) 0.09% (P15) 2.22% (P49) 4.71% (P43)
No Thumbs With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.50% (P35) 0.51% (P21)
Weak Redirects 0.23% (P24) 0.11% (P30)
Other Same Finger 18.85% (P54) 12.51% (P65)
Rolls : Alts 1.67 (P55) 2.24 (P77)
2-Roll In : Out 1.98 (P68) 1.14 (P49)
3-Roll In : Out 0.66 (P20) 1.37 (P50)
Author
Colby Chai (CTGAP)
Year
2022
Finger Map
Traditional
Finger 1234678910
Usage 5.04% (P32)7.66% (P60)12.19% (P69)14.13% (P71)17.5%10.75% (P41)16.80% (P100)7.41% (P15)4.46% (P21)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 1.55% (P79) 0.23% (P84) 0.97% (P26) 3.30% (P62)
Skipgram 5.66% (P73) 0.29% (P56) 2.57% (P71) 6.14% (P82)
No Thumbs With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.16% (P7) 0.33% (P9)
Weak Redirects 0.42% (P60) 0.20% (P65)
Other Same Finger 21.42% (P79) 13.91% (P83)
Rolls : Alts 1.48 (P36) 1.28 (P5)
2-Roll In : Out 3.47 (P94) 2.04 (P91)
3-Roll In : Out 11.62 (P81) 15.33 (P94)
Author
Colby Chai (CTGAP)
Year
2021
Finger Map
Traditional
Finger 1234678910
Usage 6.04% (P56)7.14% (P24)11.82% (P64)12.35% (P54)17.5%8.74% (P8)16.14% (P90)8.86% (P49)7.33% (P56)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.85% (P48) 0.10% (P50) 0.98% (P27) 2.74% (P43)
Skipgram 5.45% (P68) 0.11% (P21) 2.49% (P66) 5.52% (P78)
No Thumbs With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs. 0.47% (P33) 0.55% (P26)
Weak Redirects 0.24% (P26) 0.11% (P32)
Other Same Finger 18.86% (P54) 12.52% (P66)
Rolls : Alts 1.61 (P52) 1.45 (P34)
2-Roll In : Out 2.00 (P69) 2.02 (P90)
3-Roll In : Out 0.69 (P21) 0.89 (P26)
Author
Colby Chai (CTGAP)
Year
2021
Finger Map
Traditional

Kanata is a keyboard remapper that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  1. Install Kanata by following “Step 1: Set Up Kanata” in Nova’s Kanata setup guide:

  2. Download the Kanata config file for the desired version of CTGAP:

  3. Make sure you know how to type your computer password using CTGAP.

  4. Run Kanata with the downloaded config file and make sure the layout works as you expect:

    kanata --cfg path/to/config.kbd
  5. To have CTGAP activate whenever your computer starts up, follow the instructions to “Automatically start Kanata”: