This project provides keyboardlayouts and instructions to achieve:
- Deactivate Caps Lock
- CapsLock + a = ä
- CapsLock + s = ß
- CapsLock + e = €
- CapsLock + u = ü
- CapsLock + o = ö
- CapsLock + Shift + a = Ä
- CapsLock + Shift + u = Ü
- CapsLock + Shift + o = Ö
All OS Instructions depend on you having US keyboard Layout selected.
- Copy
Linux/Xmodmapto~/.Xmodmap - Run
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap(You can add this to e.g. gnome-session-properties)
- Extract
Windows/US_German_Umlauts.zip - Run
setup.exe - Go to "Control Panel" -> "Change keyboards or input methods"
- Hit the button "Change keyboards"
- In "Default input language" choose "English (United States) - US - German Umlauts"
- Hit "OK" and "OK"
- Download and install KeyTweak (e.g. from http://www.pcworld.com/product/947513/keytweak.html )
- Map CapsLock to Right Alt
- Reboot
- Download and install AutoHotkey Version 1.x (v2 will work with different Syntax)
- Copy the script file
*.ahk - Right-click on the Start button and choose
Explore All Users - Navigate to the Startup folder inside the Programs folder and paste the script file
- The shortcut to the script should now be in the Startup folder
- After reboot it should work, without reboot just Double-Click on the script file
###OSX
- Download
OSX/US German Umlauts.keylayout - Open a Terminal and got to the folder of the download (e.g.
cd ~/Downloads) . - Now enter:
sudo cp US\ German\ Umlauts.keylayout /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts - (You may need to enter your login password)
- Reboot
- Go to "System Preferences" -> "Keyboard" -> "Input Sources"
- Hit the "+" button
- Go to Others, select "U.S. German Umlauts" and hit the "Add" button
- Select "U.S. German Umlauts" and exit "System Preferences"
- Download and install "PCKeyboardHack" (e.g. from https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/pckeyboardhack.html.en )
- Start "PCKeyboardHack"
- Go to section "Caps Lock"
- Check the checkbox and set keycode (double click the number)
- Enter 58