EurKEY-macOS/eurkey-macos.eu/content/README.md

EurKEY-macOS

The Keyboard Layout for Europeans, Coders and Translators. This repo is a fork and contains a modified verison of the EurKEY base layout.

I start versioning my customized edition from 2, since the layout is based on my modified EurKEY v1.4 that I have been using the last few years. The version with slight fixes is now available is called v1.5.

EurKEY-macOS is a rework targeted at MacBooks with the with pyhiscal English International keyboard (ISO). Since it is an ISO layout, it has one additional key (`) and the big Enter key.

The keyboard layout should be compatible with the other ISO layouts typically available in Europe (e.g. German ISO). I tested the layout on the current tenkeyless MacBook keyboard (MacBook Air 2024). Working numpad keys are therefore not guaranteed.

Installation

• Download the EurKEY.bundle file.
• Copy the EurKEY.bundle file to /Library/Keyboard Layouts/ (for global installation) or ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ (for user installation).
• Open System Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources
  
• Click the + button
  
• Add EurKEY from the list of available input sources
  
• Select EurKEY as the input method
  

Changelog

v2.0 (WIP)

Key Combinations	Dead Key Symbol
⌥`	`
⌥⇧`	~
⌥'	´
⌥⇧'	¨
⌥6	^
⌥⇧6	ˇ
⌥7	˚
⌥⇧7	¯
⌥m	Ω
⌥⇧m	√
⌥\	¬

v1.5

• Configures every key exactly as it is printed on the keyboard (English - International).
• Fixes §-Key.
• Fixes German ẞ-Character ("Großes scharfes S"). Now correctly available via ⌥⇧s.
• Removes distiction between left/right modifier keys.
• Uses the *.bundle format to group the layout versions.
• Adds new nicer flag icon from upstream.

v1.4

• Switches behaviour of superscript and subscript numbers: The subscript numbers are the default; the superscript numbers are available via ⌥⇧<number>.

Attribution

You can find the original EurKEY layout on Steffen Brüntjens Website. My modified versions are originally based on the work of Leonardo Brondani Schenkel.

License

• The EurKEY Layout is licensed under GPLv3. See: https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/license.html.
• The EU flag icon is taken from Iconspedia, created by Alpak and licensed under CC.