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There /is/ a US-International layout which uses both AltGr style and compose style entry of accented characters, although it's not the best. I actually made my

There /is/ a US-International layout which uses both AltGr style and compose style entry of accented characters, although it's not the best. I actually made my own customized version of US-International for Windows in order to support more options for accented characters and certain extended Latin characters used in old and middle English.

toyg 5y ago
I really wanted to use US-International, but the way it breaks quotes and double-quotes is so bad, I ended up with similar hacks in Windows (via AutoHotKey). It's one of those things where Apple really got it right, and I don't understand why MS cannot adopt similar solutions to what the Macs do.
- _v7gu 5y ago
  AHK is really a hack, but Windows has the best software for keyboard adaptation. I used this to create a custom layout that includes Turkish and Greek characters which helps me a lot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102...
  - coldacid 5y ago
    Exactly what I used, too.
- coldacid 5y ago
  You might be interested in my US-International alternative layout. Back when I created it, I also put it up on BitBucket[0] for others, and wrote up some details too[1]. It eschews dead keys for AltGr style composition so there's no need to double-tap any of the keys used for diacritics. [0]: https://bitbucket.org/coldacid/usintalt/src/master/ https://bitbucket.org/coldacid/usintalt/src/master/ [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160327005949/https://chris.charabaruk.com/2014/10/alternate-us-international-keyboard-layout/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160327005949/https://chris.cha...
- ynik 5y ago
  The "(no dead keys)" variant to US-International solves that problem. Windows unfortunately doesn't have it out of the box (Ubuntu does). But you can make your own layout with "Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator". And plenty of people have already made "United States-International (no dead keys)" for Windows, so if you don't want to figure out the MS tool, you can just download+install a layout from GitHub.
- jackjeff 5y ago
  Amen. For someone who programs every day but frequently has to type in French, Spanish or German I could not agree more. The Mac is awesome at typing everything.
bawolff 5y ago
Keyboard layout (as an input method) has nothing to do with which characters can be encoded (stored).
Bayart 5y ago
I use the international US layout. It's ironically much better for writing my native French than the regular AZERTY layout.

toyg 5y ago

I really wanted to use US-International, but the way it breaks quotes and double-quotes is so bad, I ended up with similar hacks in Windows (via AutoHotKey). It's one of those things where Apple really got it right, and I don't understand why MS cannot adopt similar solutions to what the Macs do.

_v7gu 5y ago
AHK is really a hack, but Windows has the best software for keyboard adaptation. I used this to create a custom layout that includes Turkish and Greek characters which helps me a lot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102...
- coldacid 5y ago
  Exactly what I used, too.
coldacid 5y ago
You might be interested in my US-International alternative layout. Back when I created it, I also put it up on BitBucket[0] for others, and wrote up some details too[1]. It eschews dead keys for AltGr style composition so there's no need to double-tap any of the keys used for diacritics. [0]: https://bitbucket.org/coldacid/usintalt/src/master/ https://bitbucket.org/coldacid/usintalt/src/master/ [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160327005949/https://chris.charabaruk.com/2014/10/alternate-us-international-keyboard-layout/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160327005949/https://chris.cha...
ynik 5y ago
The "(no dead keys)" variant to US-International solves that problem. Windows unfortunately doesn't have it out of the box (Ubuntu does). But you can make your own layout with "Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator". And plenty of people have already made "United States-International (no dead keys)" for Windows, so if you don't want to figure out the MS tool, you can just download+install a layout from GitHub.
jackjeff 5y ago
Amen. For someone who programs every day but frequently has to type in French, Spanish or German I could not agree more. The Mac is awesome at typing everything.

bawolff 5y ago

Keyboard layout (as an input method) has nothing to do with which characters can be encoded (stored).

Bayart 5y ago

I use the international US layout. It's ironically much better for writing my native French than the regular AZERTY layout.