lhoangan / win-usintl-altgrdeadkeys

US-International keyboard layout with no dead keys (AltGr only) for Windows

US International Layout (no dead keys) for Windows

By default, Windows includes a layout called United States-International, which allows typing many non-ASCII characters. It is very useful for several Latin-script based languages.

The layout also designates several keys as "dead keys", particularly the apostrophe (') and double quotes ("). So to enter double quotes, you have to type " followed by space. Some other characters are available by using AltGr as a dead key.

For some use cases, this can be annoying, in particular if you don't need the non-ASCII characters that are entered with the help of those dead keys. With the US-International layout, you can type several languages by only using the AltGr dead key. For example, you can type ä å ö ü ß ø æ by using various AltGr combinations, meaning AltGr is sufficient for German, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish among others.

This repository contains a layout that is like United States-International but removes the apostrophe ('), double quotes ("), circumflex (^), backtick (``) and tilde (~) as dead keys, while leaving the AltGr dead key combinations intact.

Following the Linux version "US-International with French letters" in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Install

• Install Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MKLC) 1.4
• Problem .NET framework 2.5 must be install
  • The .NET Framework is an integral part of many applications running on Windows and provides common functionality for those applications to run.
  • Normally, before running/installing such applications, we need to enable .NET Framework from the Control Panel on the computer.
  • Press WIN+R
  • Run appwiz.cpl
  • In the "Programs and Features" window, click on the link "Turn Windows features on or off".
  • Check if the ".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" option is available in it.
  • If yes, then enable it.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation and restart the computer, if prompted.
  • This will install the .NET Framework 3.5 feature on the computer. Now try installing Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 and check if it installs.

How to build / install

The layout file can be opened with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (MKLC) tool, which Microsoft distributes for free. After opening the file in MKLC, choosing Project -> Build DLL and Setup Package will create an installer that can be used to add this layout to Windows.

Remember to log off and on again, in order for the changes to take effect.

Autohotkey DualControl

Download Autohotkey

Find Convert ahk to exe, and add the downloaded ahk as source.

The script returns an exe that uses to activate dual-control mode.