Windows keyboard layouts made with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator for the "Dvorak Typ II Deutsch" layout.
I just did this for myself and if it helps you, great. Do with it whatever you like.
But: I am not accepting contributions.
I am not maintaining this other than what I need.
I simply documented this so if I have to repeat the setup in about 5 years, I still know how it worked.
And if it helps you on top of that: great!
If you raise an issue in this repository asking for help, I might answer. But I don't expect anyone to need help.
I do not know if this could cause any issues, but I do not take any responsibility for whatever happens when you use this.
I am writing a lot of markdown when documenting code. This requires a lot of backticks `. The default behavior for backticks is to function as a deadkey.
Meaning that it is waiting for a second character to be typed and then constructing a composed character. For example, the combination `+a creates à.
I rarely use this, so I changed the default backtick key behavior to non-deadkey and added the deadkey on Alt Gr + Shift + ` .
Same goes for ^.
In order to get the Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V etc to work again and with my new C key, I had to modify the VK_ column of the source file.
These resources helped me understand and doing it:
- A blog post by senseful who had the same issue
- This stack exchange answer by senseful
- The microsoft documentation for virtual key codes (very unspecific and only examples for US default stuff)
- The overview of the german virtual key code bindings
Download the latest release, unzip and run the setup.exe. Uninstalling goes the same way.
- Install Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
- Clone this repo (or download the dvorak-de-typ-II.klc) file
- Run MKLC
- Click
File > Load Source File - Navigate to the file you downloaded and select it.
- Modify to your liking
- Go to
Project > Propertiesand set your values - Go to
Project > Build DLL and Setup Package - Run the created installer