Update French Dvorak layout (Dvorak-fr)
Almost 20 years after its first edition, here is version 2 of this layout: it facilitates access to the special French characters that make it possible to achieve what is considered good typography today.
Many thanks to Sergey for proposing me to update the driver for Linux.
There are actually two versions of the layout: Dvorak-fr and Dvorak-fr-Sans. The only difference is the presence of some ligatures in the basic version (Dvorak-fr), that is to say the automatic insertion of a NNBSP (narrow no-break space) before or after some characters (before » ; : ! ? % and after «). As this is not suitable for everyone, especially programmers, there is a "Sans" version).
For the general description: https://www.algo.be/ergo/dvorak-fr.html
Maps of the 5 dead keys: https://www.algo.be/ergo/imprime/Dvorak-fr_Cartes-touches-mortes.pdf
I have also prepared a TXT file showing the action of dead keys like this :
DEADKEY 0060 "GRAVE ACCENT"
0020 00A0 // ->
002C 007D // , -> }
002D 201D // - -> ”
002E 00B7 // . -> •
See https://algo.be/ergo/deadchars.txt
Another special feature is that there are facilities for entering numeric expressions via the alphanumeric part of the keyboard (without using the numeric keypad), when CapsLock is enabled:
- Access to the numbers on the alphanumeric part of the keyboard (as in the Azerty layout for French).
- These characters are directly accessible: . , = * + < > % :
- The slash (/) is also directly accessible at the location of the à key.
- The dead key ~ remains directly accessible for access to mathematical symbols.
Sergey, if you want this information in another form or more information, don't hesitate to ask me of course!