# 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).
+[](https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS/releases)
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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.
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).
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.
-- **AutoHotkey website : https://www.autohotkey.com/**
+- **AutoHotkey website : https://www.autohotkey.com/ / https://github.com/Lexikos/AutoHotkey_L/releases**
- **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.**
+- **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'.**
## MSKLC integration (Windows)
-An MSKLC source file is available for integration on Windows OSes (although not recommended on Windows 10 and not recommended in a production environment).
+An MSKLC source file is available for integration on Windows OSes (although not recommended on Windows 10 and/or in a production environment).
## XKB integration (Linux)
- 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).
+- Paste the contents of `rule.xml` to either `/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml` or `/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.extras.xml`, this between the tags `<layoutList>` and `</layoutList>` (root required).
## Enjoy and have fun ! - Veel plezier ! ☺