guidara/keyboards

Custom keyboard layouts

keyboards

These are custom keyboard layouts that I use in the Microsoft KLC and the XKB formats.

Layouts

fr_de_US

This is a regular US keyboards with extra characters accessible using the AltGr key.

Although the keyboard is designed mainly for easy access to French and German characters—including the often missing œ/Œ, æ/Æ and capital ẞ—more diacritics and characters are available, including those needed for Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, and others.

Five sets of quotation marks are available: «…» “…” ‘…’ „…“ and ‚…‘.

As long as AltGr is not used, this keyboard is identical to the US layout.

French diacritics and characters

• ◌́ Acute accent (accent aigu): AltGr+'
• ◌̀ Grave accent (accent grave): AltGr+`
• ◌̂ Circumflex (accent circonflexe): AltGr+6
• ◌̈ Diaeresis (tréma): AltGr+;
• ◌̧ Cedilla (cédille): AltGr+\
• Æ/æ ligature: AltGr+A/a
• Œ/œ ligature: AltGr+O/o
• «Guillemets»: AltGr+, and AltGr+.

German diacritics and characters

• ◌̈ Umlaut: AltGr+;
• ẞ/ß (Eszett / scharfes S): AltGr+S/s
• „German double quotes“: AltGr+9 and AltGr+0
• ‚German single quotes‘: AltGr+( and AltGr+)

Diacritics

• ◌̀ Grave accent: AltGr+`
• ◌̃ Tilde: AltGr+~
• ◌̂ Circumflex: AltGr+6
• ◌̌ Caron: AltGr+^
• ◌̊ Ring above: AltGr+*
• ◌̄ Macron: AltGr+-
• ◌̆ Breve: AltGr+_
• ◌̈ Diaeresis: AltGr+;
• ◌̇ Dot above: AltGr+:
• ◌́ Acute accent: AltGr+'
• ◌̋ Double acute accent: AltGr+"
• ◌̦ Comma below: AltGr+<
• ◌̣ Dot below: AltGr+>
• ◌̧ Cedilla: AltGr+\
• ◌̨ Ogonek: AltGr+|

Punctuation

• «Guillemets»: AltGr+, and AltGr+.
• “Double quotes”: AltGr+[ and AltGr+]
• ‘Single quotes’: AltGr+{ and AltGr+}
• „German double quotes“: AltGr+9 and AltGr+0
• ‚German single quotes‘: AltGr+( and AltGr+)
• ¡ Inverted exclamation mark: AltGr+1
• ¿ Inverted question mark: AltGr+/

Other characters

• Æ/æ ligature: AltGr+A/a
• Ð/ð Eth: AltGr+D/d
• Œ/œ ligature: AltGr+O/o
• ẞ/ß: AltGr+S/s
• Þ/þ Thorn: AltGr+T/t
• µ Mu: AltGr+m
• ¢ Cent sign: AltGr+4
• € Euro sign: AltGr+5
• £ Pound sign: AltGr+%
• ° Degree sign: AltGr+8
• × Multiplication: AltGr+=
• ÷ Division: AltGr++

Table of characters

Key	Shift	AltGr	AltGr+Shift
`	~	◌̀	◌̃
1	!	¡
2	@
3	#
4	$	¢
5	%	€	£
6	^	◌̂	◌̌
7	&
8	*	°	◌̊
9	(	„	‚
0	)	“	‘
-	_	◌̄	◌̆
=	+	×	÷
q	Q
w	W
e	E
r	R	®
t	T	þ	Þ
y	Y
u	U
i	I
o	O	œ	Œ
p	P
[	{	“	‘
]	}	”	’
\	|	◌̧	◌̨
a	A	æ	Æ
s	S	ß	ẞ
d	D	ð	Ð
f	F
g	G
h	H
j	J
k	K
l	L
;	:	◌̈	◌̇
'	"	◌́	◌̋
z	Z
x	X
c	C	©
v	V
b	B
n	N
m	M	µ	™
,	<	«	◌̦
.	>	»	◌̣
/	?	¿

ar_US

This is an Arabic keyboard loosely based on the US layout.

Where feasible, Arabic letters are found on their most phonetically close Latin equivalent. Plain/emphatic pairs are on the same keys, the emphatic letters being accessed with Shift. For example: s→س, S→ص.

Besides Arabic characters, this keyboard includes Persian and Urdu letters as well as extra letters used in Tunisian Arabic for non-native sounds (پ=/p/, ڨ=/ɡ/, ڥ=/v/).

This keyboard also includes both Eastern Arabic and Persian numerals.

Table of characters

Key	Base	Shift	AltGr	AltGr+Shift
`	◌ّ	◌ْ	`	~
1	1	!	١	۱
2	2	@	٢	۲
3	3	#	٣	۳
4	4	$	٤	۴
5	5	%	٥	۵
6	6	^	٦	۶
7	7	&	٧	۷
8	8	*	٨	۸
9	9	)	٩	۹
0	0	(	٠	۰
-	-	◌_◌	_
=	=	+	×	÷
q	ق	ڨ
w	و
e	ع
r	ر	ژ	ڑ
t	ت	ط	ٹ
y	يـ ي	ىـ ى	یـ ی	ے
u	ؤ	ؤ
i	ئ	إ	ۓ
o	أ	آ	ۂ
p	ء	◌ٔ
[	◌ُ	◌ٌ	]	}
]	◌ِ	◌ٍ	[	{
\	◌َ	◌ً	\	|
a	ا	ة	ۃ
s	س	ص
d	د	ض	ڈ
f	ف	ڥ
g	غ	گ
h	هـ ـهـ ـه ه	ح	ہـ ـہـ ـہ ہ	ھ
j	ج	چ
k	ك	ک
l	ل
;	؛	:
'	'	"
z	ز	ظ
x	خ
c	ش
v	ذ	ث
b	ب	پ
n	ن	ں	◌٘
m	م
,	،	»	”	<
.	.	«	“	>
/	/	؟

Installation

On Ubuntu, follow the instructions here or here.

On Windows, download Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, open the klc files and generate an executable. Alternatively, download and run the installers.