Add Lotus58

[Geobert]

Hi,

yet another Lily58 modification:
https://github.com/TweetyDaBird/Lotus58

[jhelvy]

Hi, this looks interesting! Is the switch plate layout itself any different from the Lily58? Looks like it's about the same, but perhaps with more options? There's limited real estate on the app, so I may just add it to the summary table but not the image overlay.

[Geobert]

Hi,

The creator said that it began by a few modifications on the Lily58 and before he realized it, a lot of things changed and the plates are not compatible anymore. Maybe the layout is unchanged but that what I wanted to see using spilt kb compare :D

[jhelvy]

In doing a quick comparison, the overlap is essentially identical with the Lily58 except for the single inner-most keys above the thumb keys is slightly closer to the edge of the case, and the case holes don't quite line up with those on the Lily58. Given the similarities though, I don't think I'll put the plate on the overlay part of the app, but I will add it to the table.

[TweetyDaBird]

As the creator of Lotus58, the only real difference in keys are what you mentioned, as well as small readjustments since it outright bothered me that the keys weren’t the same distance. (For whatever reason Lily58 varies up to a millimeter between some key positions).

However there is also a rotary encoder with a button in place of the OLED display if that’s to your liking. (Ie the ‘button’ sits in the OLED cutout of Lily58).

I’m not sure if that’s a significant enough difference to warrant it being on the overlay though.

If not, don’t mind me, just passing by, comparing other keyboards on my ‘want to try’ list.

[jhelvy]

I think there's enough there to add it. I've just been too busy to sit down and add more. Next batch update I'll include the Lotus58.

[jhelvy]

I've temporarily added it by just re-using the Lily58 image on the overlay. When I do another batch update I'll edit that overlay image.