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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

by 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.

by toyg 5y ago

_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.