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As someone learning German, I wanted to avoid learning a new keyboard layout (German QWERTZ) as well as the language. Thus in this blog post, I go into the details of how to get German umlauts on a US keyboard layout across Linux, MacOS and Windows. A little background Like most Polish computer users, I grew up with the, awkwardly named, Polish (programmers) layout. It is effectively a English (US) with the Alt+Gr (a.
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I am using a "Keychron K3 Pro" keyboard. Right of the space key there is a "Super" key to run the launcher (similar to windows key). Therefore the "Alt Right" key is missing and this makes creating umlauts more difficult. I am using the "Enlgish (int, with AltGr dead keys)" keyboard layout and pressing Alt Right+Shift Right+" gives me the ยจ. Remapping a key in linux is very easy.
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And so one day, I set to build a lightweight desktop environment around lxde. After some customizations, the thing that bugged me was that I could not set the keyboard layout change shortcut to the Win + Space shortcut that I have grown to like. What's not to like about it.
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[AI summary] The article recommends switching to the EU keyboard layout for German users to simplify typing umlauts and reduce mental load, while also highlighting its availability and installation methods.
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