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).
+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 adopted several aspects from EurKEY (by Steffen Brüntjen).
-## Difference between Classic edition and SW edition
+## Difference between Classic and SW (switched) editions
- **Classic** : Keeps all standard keys on US QWERTY and adds customizations to the `Right Alt (+Shift)` modifier.\
-[**-> Layout image of Classic edition**](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/images/UltimateKEYS%20-%20Keyboard%20Layout%20Image.png)
+[**-> Layout image of Classic edition**](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/image-classic.html)
-- **SW (switched)** : Also adds customizations to the `Right Alt (+Shift)` modifier, but also makes the symbols !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, \*, ( and ) accessible without holding down Shift. The numbers have moved to Shift (as most computers have a separate numpad).\
-[**-> Layout image of SW edition**](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/images/UltimateKEYS%20SW%20-%20Keyboard%20Layout%20Image.png)
+- **SW (switched)** : Also adds customizations to the `Right Alt (+Shift)` modifier, but also makes the symbols !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, \*, ( and ) accessible without holding down Shift. The numbers have moved to Shift (as many computers have a separate numpad).\
+[**-> Layout image of SW edition**](https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/image-sw.html)
-## Script for AutoHotkey (Windows)
+## Script for AutoHotkey (recommended method for Windows)
The AutoHotkey scripts are highly customizable editions 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.
- **https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/documentation.html**
- **https://pieter-degroote.github.io/UltimateKEYS/**
-## MSKLC integration (Windows)
+## Testing Repository - Additional experimental versions
+
+- **https://github.com/pieter-degroote/UltimateKEYS-testing**
+
+## MSKLC integration (Windows - obsolete)
Two MSKLC source files are available for integration on Windows OSes (although not recommended on Windows 10 and/or in a production environment).
-## XKB integration (Linux)
+## XKB integration (Linux - experimental)
Experimental support for GNU/Linux via XKB integration (X11) : see the 'linux-xkb' folder in this repository.
Follow these steps for experimental integration (at your own risk!) :
-- Download the files `ultkeys[-sw]` and `rule[-sw].xml` from the 'linux-xkb' folder.
+- Download/Unpack the files `ultkeys`, `ultkeys-sw`, `rule_xml` and `rule-sw_xml` from the 'linux-xkb' folder.
- Copy `ultkeys[-sw]` to `/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols` (root required).
-- Paste the contents of `rule[-sw].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).
+- Paste the contents of `rule[-sw]_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).
+- Both the Classic (files without '-sw') and SW layouts (files with '-sw') can be installed alongside each other. The user interface will distinguish them as `UltimateKEYS` and `UltimateKEYS SW`.
-## Enjoy and have fun ! - Veel plezier ! ☺
+## Enjoy and have fun ! - Veel plezier !
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