kmk_firmware/docs/extension_stringy_keymaps.md

Stringy Keymaps

Enables referring to keys by 'NAME' rather than KC.NAME.

For example:

from kmk.extensions.stringy_keymaps import StringyKeymaps

# Normal
# keyboard.keymap = [[ KC.A, KC.B, KC.RESET ]]

# Indexed
# keyboard.keymap = [[ KC['A'], KC['B'], KC['RESET'] ]]

# String names
keyboard.keymap = [[ 'A' , 'B', 'RESET' ]]

stringyKeymaps = StringyKeymaps()

# Enabling debug will show each replacement or failure.
# This is recommended during the initial development of a keyboard.
# stringyKeymaps.debug_enable = True

keyboard.extensions.append(stringyKeymaps)

It should be noted that these are not ASCII. The string is not what will be sent to the computer. The examples above have no functional difference.