A Yiddish keyboard layout for VIM

yiddish.vim

" VIM keyboard layout for Yiddish and Hebrew
" based on the Mac keyboard layout by Jack (Yosl) and Shoshke-Reyzl Juni
" (url: http://www.shoshke.net/)
" Adapted to VIM by Ya'ar Hever
" Last Updated: Sun Aug 16 22:22:22 CEST 2015

" Use this short name in the status line.
let b:keymap_name = "UYIP"
loadkeymap
a	<char-0x5e9>	" ש - shin
b	<char-0x5e0>	" נ - nun
c	<char-0x5d1>	" ב - bet
d	<char-0x5d2>	" ג - gimel
e	<char-0x5e7>	" ק - qof
f	<char-0x5db>	" כ - kaf
g	<char-0x5e2>	" ע - ayin
h	<char-0x5d9>	" י - yod
i	<char-0x5df>	" ן - final nun
j	<char-0x5d7>	" ח - het
k	<char-0x5dc>	" ל - lamed
l	<char-0x5da>	" ך - final kaf
m	<char-0x5e6>	" צ - tsadi
n	<char-0x5de>	" מ - mem
o	<char-0x5dd>	" ם - final mem
p	<char-0x5e4>	" פ - pe
q	/		          " / - slash
r	<char-0x5e8>	" ר - resh
s	<char-0x5d3>	" ד - dalet
t	<char-0x5d0>	" א - alef
u	<char-0x5d5>	" ו - vav
v	<char-0x5d4>	" ה - he
w	'		          " ' - single-quote
x	<char-0x5e1>	" ס - samekh
y	<char-0x5d8>	" ט - tet
z	<char-0x5d6>	" ז - zayin
,	<char-0x5ea>	" ת - tav
.	<char-0x5e5>	" ץ - final tsadi
;	<char-0x5e3>	" ף - final pe
'	,		          " , - comma
/	.		          " . - period
`	;		          " ; - semicolon
\\ <Char-0x5be> " makef

Q <Char-0x201c>            " gershayim
W <Char-0x201e>            " lower gershayim
E <Char-0x22>              " quotation mark
T <Char-0xfb2e>            " pasekh alef
R <Char-0xfb2f>            " komets alef
Y <Char-0x5f0>             " tsvey vovn
U <Char-0x5d5><Char-0x5bc> " melupm vov
I <Char-0x5d5><Char-0x5b9> " khoylem
O <Char-0x5e4><Char-0x5bf> " fey
P <Char-0x5e4><Char-0x5bc> " pey
A <Char-0x5e9><Char-0x5c2> " sin
S <Char-0x5e9>             " shin
F <Char-0x5db><Char-0x5bc> " kof
G <Char-0x5f1>             " vov yud
H <Char-0x5d9><Char-0x5b4> " khirek yud
J <Char-0x5f2><Char-0x5b7> " pasekh tsvey yudn
K <Char-0x5f2>             " tsvey yudn
C <Char-0x5d1><Char-0x5bf> " veys
V <Char-0x5d1><Char-0x5bc> " beys
B <Char-0x2013>            " en-dash
N <Char-0x2013>            " en-dash
M <Char-0x5ea><Char-0x5bc> " tof

" niqqud
<M-1> <Char-0x5b2>         " Hataf Patah
<M-2> <Char-0x5b3>         " Hataf Qamats
<M-3> <Char-0x5b1>         " Hataf Segol
<M-4> <Char-0x5b4>         " Hiriq
<M-5> <Char-0x5b5>         " Tsere
<M-6> <Char-0x5b7>         " Patah
<M-7> <Char-0x5b8>         " Qamats
<M-8> <Char-0x5bb>         " Qubuts
<M-9> <Char-0x5b6>         " Segol
<M-0> <Char-0x5b0>         " Sheva
<M--> -
<M-=> <Char-0x5b9>         " Holam
<M-,> <Char-0x5bc>         " Dagesh

" misc. & compatibility
<M-q> <Char-0x2026>            " ellipsis
<M-w> <Char-0x5b8>             " Qamats (again)
<M-u> <Char-0x5d5><Char-0x5bc> " melupm vov
<M-\> <Char-0x5be>             " makef
<M-a> <Char-0x5e9><Char-0x5c2> " sin
<M-h> <Char-0x5f2><Char-0x5b7> " pasekh tsvey yudn
<M-'> <Char-0x5b2>             " Hataf Patah
<M-z> <Char-0x2013>            " en-dash
<M-x> <Char-0x2014>            " em-dash
<M-c> <Char-0x201c>            " beginning quote
<M-v> <Char-0x201d>            " ending quote
<M-b> <Char-0x2018>            " beginning smart quote
<M-n> <Char-0x2019>            " ending smart quote