coDE

A mac-keyboard-layout for german speaking hackers that does not suck.

Works on ANSI and ISO keyboards. Easy to learn because most of the stuff is there where you expect it to be (not like complete new layouts like DVORAK or NEO).

Essentially its a us-keyboard-layout with some alterations:

• Z and Y are where german speaking people like it. (Z is between T and U, Y left of X)
• your umlauts, € and ß work with option-key / alt + base-key:
  • option + A = ä
  • option + shift + A = Ä
  • option + O = ö
  • option + shift + O = Ö
  • option + U = ü
  • option + shift + U = Ü
  • option + S = ß
  • option + E = €
• ~ (tilde / unix-home) is on two places:
  • shift + ` (us-standard)
  • on the extra key on ISO-keyboards, between left-shift and Y (extra key: yay!)
• ° (degree) is on shift + the extra ISO-key (between left-shift and Y)
• all dead-keys are disabled, so if you hit `, ~ or ^ you get `, ~ or ^
• 'period' on the numblock produces , not .

Installation

Copy coDE.keylayout into ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts and pick coDE as layout in the preference pane.

Layout Images (ISO)

default

shift

alt

alt + shift