GTM (Generative Text Menu) is a text-based menu that is accessible anywhere you can type. It allows you to access various device settings and features without the need for software. Activate GTM by chording Alt + g.

The main menu appears as text wherever your cursor is:

CharaChorder GTM [ >M<ode || >S<ettings || >A>ppearance || >R<esources ]

Press the corresponding letter to navigate to the next screen. At any time, exit the GTM by simply deleting the text in front of you. CharaChorder should keep it highlighted, making this easy.

Mode

Press the corresponding letter of an item in this menu to toggle the mode on or off.

>C<apslock=off

Because the CapsLock key doesn’t have an internal light, you can use this setting to double-check whether it is on.

>S<purring=off

Turn on spurring mode to only produce chords with your keyboard. Single character typing becomes disabled. See the article on Spurring Mode for more information.

>A<ctive_Mode=off

Pings the computer every so often so it doesn’t fall asleep. Keeps you looking active when you’re AFK.

c>H<aracter_Mode=off

Disable chording entirely. In this mode, you will only type single characters.

Settings

realtime_>F<eedback=off

Disables messages from the CharaChorder from printing on the screen.

>P<ress_Tolerance=22

Changes the timing required for keys to be pressed at the same time to be considered a chord. A higher number allows more time. Beginners may want to raise this value to ~30.

If you notice that you are accidentally triggering chords while doing character entry at high speeds, try reducing this number even lower, such as to 18.

>R<elease_Tolerance=18

Changes the timing required for keys to be released at the same time to be considered a chord. A higher number allows more time. Beginners may want to raise this value to ~24.

If you notice that you are accidentally triggering chords while doing character entry at high speeds, try reducing this number.

>K<eymaps

Once selected, have to press P to get to the >P<rimary_keymap section.

Once there, you can use the up or down arrows to cycle and change your devices keymap from QWERTY to Dvorak or Colemak if you desire.

>G<UI-CTRL_Soft_Swap= GUI-CTRL

Toggling this option on will swap the left Ctrl and left windows button in hardware (changes value to CTRL-GUI). You can physically switch the keycaps if you’d like, although there is a slight misalignment.

Appearance

>C<olor=white

Changes the color of the illuminated keys. Color options are:

>B<rightness=25

Changes the brightness of the RGB lighting on your device.

Highlight

Currently not functioning but will be fixed in a future update. Is supposed to light up the pressed key.

Resources

Opens a link in your default browser. Options include:

T<raining

A<bout

D<iscord

G<et started

M<essage Riley (the founder)

L<earn chords

U<pdates (information about your firmware and where to get the latest one)