Keyboard shortcuts for speedsolving the 3^4

[thomas-lehericy]

To be able to solve the 3^4 without a mouse. Here is my suggestion:

• select an axis. There are 4 different axes (up-down, right-left, front-back, in-out). Select them using [wasd] keys.
• select a transformation mode with the left pinky.
  • without a key = rotations around the center cell,
  • left MAJ = rotations around lateral cells that involve translating one side of the center cell to another lateral cell,
  • left CTRL = rotations around lateral cells that involve twisting one side of the center cell.
• select which layer to turn, and in which direction.
  WITH NUMBER KEYPAD:
  • [4,5,6]: turn layer 1,2,3 "clockwise" (whatever that means)
  • [7,8,9]: turn layer 1,2,3 "counterclockwise"
  • [1,2,3]: make a half-turn of layer 1,2,3 .
    WITHOUT NUMBER KEYPAD:
  • same idea with other keys, e.g. [iop] [kl;] [m,.]

I checked that every basic move (rotation around any of the 3 axis of any of the 8 cells) is possible through one of these combinations. Note that turning the 3 layers at once allows for 4D-rotations of the puzzle.

• cancel with [f], cancel+reverse with [space]

Add the possibility to turn the puzzle in 3D space with arrow keys.

There still needs to be a way to chose how to launch macros (chose reference stickers).