programmer-keyboard-layouts

My custom german keyboard layout for programming

Level 1 Layout (basic german layout)

Level 3 Layout (inspired by Neo layout)

NixOS

Add this to your configuration:

  ...

  services.xserver.xkb.layout = "slicedev";                                                                                            
  services.xserver.xkb.options = "nbsp:none,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3:caps_switch";                                                  
  
  services.xserver.xkb.extraLayouts.slicedev = {                                                                                       
      description = "Slice dev";                                                                                                       
      languages   = [ "ger" ];                                                                                                         
      symbolsFile = /path/to/slicedev.xkb;                                                      
 };

 ...

Windows tweaks for Capslock

Using AutoHotkey

Use this AutoHotkey snippet to change Capslock to AltGr (R-Alt):

*$Capslock:RAlt 

Alternative: Patching MKLC kbd.h

Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 comes with a full C compiler and compiles your .klc files to a DLL. Luckily we also have the sources at hand and can change them to our liking!

To change Capslock to RAlt do the following:

Open C:/Program Files(x86)/Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4/inc/kbd.h

Look for:

#define T3A _EQ(                           CAPITAL                      )

Change to:

#define T3A _EQ(                           RMENU                      )

Save and run MKLC, open your .klc file and generate the DLL and installers. If you have errors or have previously installed a keyboard map you have to remove them via "Add Remove Programs" (yeah what a joke) and then generate the installers. When you are finished, run the appropriate installer (it's somewhere in your Documents folder) and accept the security warning. Oh, and you have to reboot because nothing is easy in Windows.