Windows includes a keyboard layout called "United States (International)", which allows typing many special characters easily.
The layout defines several keys as "dead keys", such as the apostrophe (') and double quotes (").
This means that to enter a single ', you have to press ' followed by a space.
This can be annoying when you need to enter a lot of these characters, since each now requires two keys to be pressed.
In Linux, there is a keyboard layout named "USA International (AltGr dead keys)" that solves this problem and still allows typing special characters.
If you want to type ', you just press '.
If you want to use ' as a dead key, you use AltGr (right alt): e.g. AltGr+' a will produce á.
This repo is a modified version of the default Windows "United States (International)" keyboard layout that mimics the behaviour found in Linux.
All five dead keys (`, ~, ^, ' and ") are now only dead when AltGr is pressed, otherwise they function as normal keys.
Note that the original layout already defines several AltGr combinations, e.g. AltGr+' becomes ´.
If you want to type these characters in the modified layout, you should follow the old keycombination with a space: e.g. AltGr+' <SPACE> will produce ´.
- (schwa) ə -> AltGr + x
- é -> (AltGr + ') + e
- è -> (AltGr + `) + e
... (and so on for the other vowels) ... - (grade) ° -> AltGr + v
You can download the latest installer from the releases tab of this repo.
If you prefer to build from source, you can open the .KLC source file in Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.
After opening the file, choose Project > Build DLL and Setup Package in the menu to create an installer.
Default ANSI layout
AltGr ANSI layout
Shift ANSI layout
AltGr+Shift ANSI layout
Ctrl ANSI layout
Default ISO layout
AltGr ISO layout
Shift ISO layout
AltGr+Shift ISO layout
Ctrl ISO layout
