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Better User Guide section in README #430

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## User Guide

- Tap, or slide / swipe to type a letter.
- Swipe up or down on `A` to capitalize. (If you changed the layout, the button next to `#`) <img width=60px height=60px src="https://i.postimg.cc/Znt2Ft9G/thumbkey-1-1.png">
- Double tap the space bar to type a comma, triple tap to type a period. More taps have more punctuation.
- Press the `#` key to see a numeric keypad, and additional symbols.
- Press the Settings Gear key to configure Thumb-Key.
- Slide left on the backspace key to delete whole words.
- Slide left or right on the spacebar to move the cursor.
- Slide left on the `#` key to switch to a default language.
- Slide up on the `#` key to select and copy all.
- Slide down on the `#` key to paste.
- Slide right on the `#` key to switch keyboard position.
- Practice typing, and check your words per minute, using [monkeytype.com](https://monkeytype.com)
- **Tap**, or **swipe** to type a letter.
- **Swipe up** or **down** on `A` to capitalize. (If you changed the layout, the button next to `#`)
<img width=60px height=60px src="https://i.postimg.cc/Znt2Ft9G/thumbkey-1-1.png">
- **Double tap** the space bar to type a comma, triple tap to type a period. More taps have more punctuation.
- **Swipe left** on the backspace key to delete whole words.
- **Swipe left** or **right** on the spacebar to move the cursor by 1 character.

### Emoji Key
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- **Tap** to access the emoji picker
- **Swipe up** to configure Thumb-key
- **Swipe right** to change keyboard position
- **Swipe down** to access IME switcher (switch between Thumb-key and other keyboards)
- **Swipe left** to cycle between selected layouts (languages).

### Symbol (`#`) Key

- **Tap** to access numbers & symbols
- **Swipe to top-left** to select all
- **Swipe up** to copy
- **Swipe to top-right** to cut
- **Swipe right** to redo
- **Swipe down** to paste
- **Swipe left** to undo

### Slide gestures

Enabling `Slide gestures` in keyboard settings will enable the following gestures:
Enabling `Slide gestures` in keyboard settings will enable the following continuous sliding gestures:

- Slide spacebar horizontally to move cursor position left and right.
- Slide upwards while sliding the spacebar to select text.
- Slide backspace to the left to select text to be deleted. Text will be deleted when key is released.

### Other

- Practice typing, and check your words per minute, using [monkeytype.com](https://monkeytype.com)

## Thumb-Key Design

### A History of Phone Keyboards
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