v0.14.0: Cols+thumbs notation, and more

[caksoylar]

It has been some time since the last release so this release is mostly a collection of smaller improvements, a lot of them contributed by the community (thanks!).

You might have noticed we also have a logo now, itself generated in keymap-drawer!¹

Features

Parsing

• Support parsing of overridden node properties with &nodelabel { prop = "new_value"; }; syntax (feature request: add support for overlaid devicetree node property values #66)

Drawing

• Add a new way to specify physical layouts: "Cols+Thumbs" notation! This generates layouts with only non-rotated 1u keys, but it is significantly more flexible than ortho_layout. It supports columns with arbitrary number of keys, moving the thumb clusters left/right, asymmetric and 2+ number of split keyboard parts.
  See the documentation in the keymap spec to start using.
• Assign key.type to the CSS class of combos by @englmaxi in Assign key.type to combo CSS class #73
• Add a thin gray outline to combo boxes, to be consistent with key styling and look better

ZMK workflow

• Add workflow input for base path for <keymap>.json layout files by @michaelrommel in Add path argument for <keymap>.json layout file #71
• Add published artifacts as a destination option by @michaelrommel in Add an artifact as destination option for using in subsequent jobs #72
• Add a workflow input to fail GitHub action on parse/draw errors by @englmaxi in feat: option to fail GH Action on error #74

Fixes

• Update tabler glyphs url that changed (again) by @thebino in update tabler url #79
• Use bounding boxes of combo boxes to properly calculate layer heights, to fix rendering issues with small draw_config.outer_pad_h values (View is cut off when combo description is offset #70)
• Disallow using unrecognized fields in layer key specs or combo specs in keymap YAMLs

Misc

• Add kilipan/zilpzalp keyboard by @kilipan in feat(resources): Add kilipan/zilpzalp keyboard #68
• Add BastardKB boards by @finrod09 in add remaining BastardKB boards #76
• Add ZSA Voyager layout by @stasmarkin in Add ZSA Voyager Layout #75
• Upgrade Pydantic to version 2.x, along with other dev dependencies

Full Changelog: v0.13.4...v0.14.0

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Footnotes

1. Here is the source keymap YAML for posterity:

   draw_config:
     append_colon_to_layer_header: false
     svg_extra_style: "text.key { font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }"
     glyph_tap_size: 16
   layers:
     " ": [keymap, drawer]
   combos:
     - {p: [0, 1], k: $$mdi:keyboard$$, a: bottom, o: 0.15, arc_scale: 1.2}
     - {p: [0, 1], k: $$mdi:pencil-ruler$$, a: top, o: -0.15, d: false}
   

   And layout json:

   [
     { "x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 1.2, "h": 1.2, "r":  15, "rx": 1.2, "ry": 0 },
     { "x": 1.2, "y": 0, "w": 1.2, "h": 1.2, "r": -15, "rx": 1.2, "ry": 0 }
   ]
   

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