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# UltimateKEYS Keyboard Layout (Windows/Linux)

International US QWERTY layout with AltGr (Right Alt) dead keys via AutoHotkey (Win), MSKLC (Win) and XKB/Xmodmap + .XCompose (Linux). This layout has borrowed some aspects from EurKEY (by Steffen Brüntjen).

**Official release :** [![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS.svg)](https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS/releases)  
**Testing release :** [![GitHub Testing](https://img.shields.io/github/release/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-testing.svg?label=testing)](https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-testing/releases)  
**Legacy release :** [![GitHub Legacy](https://img.shields.io/github/release/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-legacy.svg?label=legacy)](https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-legacy/releases)

## Keyboard Layout Image

![UltimateKEYS - Keyboard Layout Image](images/UltimateKEYS%20-%20Keyboard%20Layout%20Image.png)

=> CP key (blue) :  [Compose Key](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/documentation.html#Compose_Key_Sequences) (Multi_key), in combination with Right Alt or AltGr.  
=> Note that the ISO key (next to Left Shift) is not present on standard ANSI keyboards.

## Important - Security Warning

**=> Win/Linux :  Only use "BASIC LATIN" characters (codes 32 to 126) for your Windows, Microsoft Live and Linux passwords !**  
Otherwise, it might be impossible to type any Unicode character higher than "Basic Latin" at the login screen/prompt (due to a different keyboard configuration) ! **=> ACCOUNT LOCKOUT**

**=> Win/Linux :  ALWAYS make your system passwords VISIBLE during modification !**

## Websites, Documentation and Testing

**Websites :  [www.ultimatekeys.info](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/) ~ [www.pieter-degroote.info](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/)**

**Testing repository :  https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-testing**