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partial file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us - settings to enable german umlaute with altgr
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "intl" {
include "us(basic)"
name[Group1]= "English (US, international with dead keys)";
key <TLDE> { [dead_grave, dead_tilde, grave, asciitilde ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, exclamdown, onesuperior ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at, twosuperior, dead_doubleacute ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, threesuperior, dead_macron ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, currency, sterling ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, dead_cedilla ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, dead_circumflex, onequarter, asciicircum ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, onehalf, dead_horn ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, threequarters, dead_ogonek ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, leftsinglequotemark, dead_breve ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, rightsinglequotemark, dead_abovering ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, yen, dead_belowdot ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, multiply, division ] };
key <AD01> { [ q, Q, apostrophe, quotedbl ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W, aring, Aring ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, eacute, Eacute ] };
key <AD04> { [ r, R, registered, registered ] };
key <AD05> { [ t, T, thorn, THORN ] };
key <AD06> { [ y, Y, guillemotleft, leftdoublequotemark ] };
key <AD07> { [ u, U, uacute, Uacute ] };
key <AD08> { [ i, I, iacute, Iacute ] };
key <AD09> { [ o, O, oacute, Oacute ] };
key <AD10> { [ p, P, paragraph, degree ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] };
key <AD12> { [bracketright, braceright, guillemotright, rightdoublequotemark ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, aacute, Aacute ] };
key <AC02> { [ s, S, ssharp, section ] };
key <AC03> { [ d, D, eth, ETH ] };
key <AC04> { [ f, F, f, F ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G, g, G ] };
key <AC06> { [ h, H, h, H ] };
key <AC07> { [ j, J, j, J ] };
key <AC08> { [ k, K, oe, OE ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L, oslash, Ooblique ] };
key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon, odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] };
key <AC11> { [dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, apostrophe, quotedbl ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z, ae, AE ] };
key <AB02> { [ x, X, x, X ] };
key <AB03> { [ c, C, copyright, cent ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V, v, V ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B, b, B ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N, ntilde, Ntilde ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M, mu, mu ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less, ccedilla, Ccedilla ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater, dead_abovedot, dead_caron ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question, questiondown, dead_hook ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, notsign, brokenbar ] };
key <LSGT> { [ backslash, bar, backslash, bar ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "altgr-intl" {
include "us(intl)"
name[Group1]= "English (international AltGr dead keys)";
// five dead keys moved into level3:
key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, dead_grave, dead_tilde ] };
key <AC11> { [apostrophe,quotedbl, adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] };
// diversions from the MS Intl keyboard:
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, onesuperior, exclamdown ] };
key <AD04> { [ r, R, ediaeresis, Ediaeresis ] };
key <AC07> { [ j, J, idiaeresis, Idiaeresis ] };
key <AB02> { [ x, X, oe, OE ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V, registered, registered ] };
// onequarter etc (not in iso8859-15) moved to get three unshifted deadkeys:
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum, dead_circumflex, onequarter ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, dead_horn, onehalf ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, dead_ogonek, threequarters ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
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