UltimateKEYS Keyboard Layout (Windows/Linux)

International US QWERTY layout with AltGr (Right Alt) dead keys via AutoHotkey (Win), MSKLC (Win) and XKB/Xmodmap + .XCompose (Linux).

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Installation - AutoHotkey Script (recommended method for Windows)

These AutoHotkey scripts are highly customizable editions of UltimateKEYS. To work properly, the Windows main/base keyboard layout has to be set to either :

Hausa (Latin - Nigeria) => AltGr assigned to UltimateKEYS (best layout, based on US QWERTY).
United States (US) => Right Alt assigned to UltimateKEYS (second best layout).

Download and install AutoHotkey v2 (or v1.1) :

AutoHotkey website : https://www.autohotkey.com/ (https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey/releases)
Install the latest release of the v2 or v1.1 branch (preferably as 'Unicode 64-bit', on 32-bit Windows as 'Unicode 32-bit').
Download (and run) "UltimateKEYS (for AutoHotkey v2).ahk" or "UltimateKEYS (for AutoHotkey v1.1).ahk" from the release (or on GitHub).
Optionally, you can put the AHK script in the 'Startup' folder to launch at startup.
Please note : for reliability, only a single instance of one of these scripts should run at the same time.

Note about the standard base US layout :

When two or more languages/keyboards are installed on the system, the default 'Alt + Shift' sequence will interfere with the AHK scripts.
To avoid this, you can disable the interfering key sequences at :
Settings -> Time & Language -> Language -> Spelling, typing & keyboard settings (on the right) -> Advanced keyboard settings -> Input language hot keys
Please note that on the standard US QWERTY, the sequence 'Left Alt + Shift' also gets mistakenly triggered by 'Right Alt + Shift', resulting in an unexpected keyboard layout change.

Additional Information

Note that it also works on the following layouts, based on US QWERTY (with AltGr assigned to UltimateKEYS), but with some issues :

Romanian (Programmers) - Does not contain some special control codes (u+001b, u+001c, u+001d).
English (India) - Also emits Indian rupee sign (₹) via Control+Shift+4.
Czech Programmers - Decimal mark (on numpad) is a comma (,) instead of a period (.).
Polish (Programmers) - Decimal mark (on numpad) is a comma (,) instead of a period (.), and introduces a dead key on the tilde (~).
Maori (NZ Aotearoa) - Introduces a dead key on the grave accent key (`).
Latvian QWERTY - Introduces both a dead key on the tilde (~) and backslash becomes dead 'ring/dot above'.
Hawaiian - Introduces a modifier letter 'turned comma' (ʻ) on the apostrophe.
Greek Latin - Decimal mark (on numpad) is a comma (,) instead of a period (.), and some additional dead keys on the main/base layout.
Igbo - Some additional dead keys on the main/base layout.

Also note that the AHK scripts do not work correctly either on the US-International (KBDUSX) layout, since the apostrophe/quotes key is also 'broken/bricked' there...

Important - Known limitations of AutoHotkey, Windows and Linux

Win/Linux : When changing the Windows/Microsoft Live/Linux password, using another keyboard layout can INTERFERE in some cases where your keystrokes are either registered via the other layout or as standard US QWERTY.

Win (AHK) : On the login screen, the layout script will NOT be loaded, which can result in the WRONG input !
Linux : On the login screen, the layout might NOT be available, which can result in the WRONG input !

=> Win/Linux : Only use "BASIC LATIN" characters (codes 32 to 126) for your Windows, Microsoft Live and Linux passwords !
Otherwise, it might be impossible to type any Unicode character higher than "Basic Latin" at the login screen/prompt (due to a different keyboard configuration) ! => ACCOUNT LOCKOUT
=> Win/Linux : To be "better safe than sorry", ALWAYS make your system passwords VISIBLE during modification !

Documentation - Compose Key Sequences

Documentation - Keyboard Layout Image, Compose Key Sequences

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