# UltimateKEYS Keyboard Layout (Windows/Linux)
-International US QWERTY layout with AltGr (Right Alt) dead keys via AutoHotkey script (Win), MSKLC source (Win) and XKB integration (Linux).
-In UltimateKEYS, all keys remain exactly organized as US QWERTY. Except, when `AltGr` (`Right Alt`) or `AltGr+Shift` (`Right Alt + Shift`) is pressed in combination with another key, other diacritics and symbols are accessible and some keys become dead keys.
+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).
-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 issues, among which the quotes (' and ") can be used as usual (without pressing the spacebar afterwards), while the acute accent (´) and diaeresis (¨) are found on `AltGr+'` and `AltGr+Shift+"` respectively. This project has borrowed several aspects from the EurKEY Keyboard Layout (by Steffen Brüntjen).
+**Official release :** [](https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS/releases)
+**Testing release :** [](https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-testing/releases)
-## Script for AutoHotkey (Windows)
+## Keyboard Layout Image
-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 v1.1 (preferably as 'Unicode 64-bit', on 32-bit Windows as 'Unicode 32-bit') is required.
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-- **AutoHotkey website : https://www.autohotkey.com/**
-- **Install the latest release of the current v1.1 branch (preferably as 'Unicode 64-bit', on 32-bit Windows as 'Unicode 32-bit').**
-- **Download (and run) the "UltimateKEYS - YYYY-MM-DD.ahk" file from this repository.**
-- **Optionally, you can put the AHK file in the 'Startup' folder to launch at startup.**
-- **Please note : this is an overlay script, specifically designed for the keyboard layout 'US QWERTY'.**
+## Important - Security Warning
-## Download the latest release
+**=> 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**
-- **https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS/releases**
+**=> Win/Linux : ALWAYS make your system passwords VISIBLE during modification !**
-## Documentation - Keyboard Layout Image, Dead Key Descriptions
+## Websites, Documentation and Testing
-- **https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/documentation.html**
-- **https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/**
+**Websites : [www.ultimatekeys.info](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/) ~ [www.pieter-degroote.info](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/)**
-## MSKLC integration (Windows)
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-An MSKLC source file is available for integration on Windows OSes (although not recommended on Windows 10 and not recommended in a production environment).
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-## XKB integration (Linux)
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-Experimental support for GNU/Linux via XKB integration (X11) : see the 'linux-xkb' folder in this repository.
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-Follow these steps for experimental integration (at your own risk!) :
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-- Download the files `ultkeys` and `rule.xml` from the 'linux-xkb' folder.
-- Copy `ultkeys` to `/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols` (root required).
-- Paste the contents of `rule.xml` to either `/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml` or `/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdex.extras.xml`, this between the tags `<layoutList>` and `</layoutList>` (root required).
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-## Enjoy and have fun ! - Veel plezier ! ☺
-
-Pieter Degroote
+**Testing repository : https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-testing**
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