xkb keyboard layout for developers that require German umlauts.
- Uses the US keyboard layout as a base
- Supports German Umlauts and Czech letters (and probably some other languages too)
- Uses Capslock as Ctrl-Alt
- Embraces Linux Console Command shortcuts. Examples:
- Capslock + j simulates Return
- Capslock + h deletes a character
Since the German keyboard layout is very impractical for programming, and I don't believe in switching back and forth bwetween layouts, I simply took the US layout and added Umlauts and a few other things to it.
This allows me to use all those precious braces and brackets in a reasonable manner as well as typing all German umlauts and even the uppercase ẞ, which is a (newish) part of the German language that the regular German keyboard layout doesn't have.
- You lose the expected functionality of your Capslock key and can't easily scream at people in chat anymore
- Takes a while to get used to
- You will have a hard time using normal keyboard layouts afterwards
Please refer to the comments in rukb. They should tell you everything you need to know.
Download rukb to your xkb/symbols folder, e.g.:
sudo wget -P /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-unruh/keyboard/main/rukb
Make sure it is downloaded under the correct file name - especially if you're updating the layout.
Enable it:
setxkbmap rukb
To make the change permanent, add setxkbmap rbkb to a script that launches
with your X-session.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.