PC keyboard layouts for MacOS straight from X11 xkb.

Thanks to klfc, we converted all keyboard layouts from an Ubuntu 20.04 distribution (X11 xkb) to MacOS (keylayout).

Outcome: type on your Mac the same way you would type on a PC.

Copy y-xkb-<language>.* to your ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts folder, or /Library/Keyboard Layouts to install for all users, and then activate the ysoftwareab xkb <language> via System Preferences - Keyboard - Keyboard (tab) - Input Sources.

The reasons stem from the Swedish keyboard layout on MacOS.

Basic keys for programming are a killer to reach:

• | is Right Option + 7
• \ is Shift + Right Option + 7
• { is Shift + Right Option + 8
• } is Shift + Right Option + 9

Same keys on PC:

• | is Right Option + <
• \ is Right Option + +
• { is Right Option + 7
• } is Right Option + 0

Similar issues surface in other languages as you can see in Related Work.

What is different from other initiatives is that this is not a manual conversion.

For a visual diff, please consult the original MacOS keyboard layout se.pdf and the PC keyboard layout y-xkb-se.pdf, as exported by Ukelele.

• https://github.com/PetorSFZ/MacOSX-Improved-Swedish-Keyboard-Layout
• https://github.com/skrysmanski/windows-pc-keyboard-layout-mac
• https://github.com/memm74/PC-Tastatur105.keylayout
• https://github.com/cbaggers/backup-uk-keyboard-layouts-for-macos
• https://gist.github.com/IvanRublev/2da1c7447d0458989d4654b5c35c22b4
• https://github.com/fardjad/persian-pc.keylayout
• https://github.com/kalbason/MacOS-Ukrainian-PC-keyboard-layout
• https://github.com/zaki/mac-hun-keyboard

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