README.md

   1 # UltimateKEYS Keyboard Layout (Windows)
   2 International US-QWERTY layout with AltGr dead keys via AutoHotkey script (Windows).
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   4 In UltimateKEYS, all keys remain exactly organized as US-QWERTY. Except, when AltGr or AltGr+Shift is pressed in combination with another key, other diacritics and symbols are accessible and some keys become dead keys.
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   6 In that way, it is - somehow - similar to the layout "United States-International" (on Windows), although this project moves all dead key combinations to the modifiers AltGr and AltGr+Shift. That way, this project solves the most typical caveats, among which the quotes (' and ") can be used as usual (without pressing the spacebar afterwards), while the acute accent (&#x00b4;) and diaeresis (&#x00a8;) are found under Alt and Alt+Shift respectively. This project has borrowed several aspects from the EurKEY Keyboard Layout.
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   8 ## Script for AutoHotkey
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  10 This AutoHotkey script is a highly customizable version of UltimateKEYS. To work properly, the Windows keyboard has to be set to standard US-QWERTY and at least AutoHotkey 1.1 (AutoHotkey_L) is required.
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  12 - **AutoHotkey website :  https://www.autohotkey.com/**
  13 - **Download the 'UltimateKEYS - YYYY-MM-DD.ahk' file from this repository.**
  14 - **After AutoHotkey is installed, you can optionally put the AHK file in the 'Startup' folder.**
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  16 ## Download the latest release
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  18 - **https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS/releases**
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  20 ## Enjoy and have fun !
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  22 Pieter Degroote