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    UK/ISO Colemak layout with Caps Lock to Backspace (Windows)

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    09-May-2015 17:12:52#1 UK/ISO Colemak layout with Caps Lock to Backspace (Windows)

    Hi All,

    First post here.
    I've seen that a few people have created Colemak keyboard layouts designed for those of us using ISO keyboards rather than ANSI (see here for a comparison: http://deskthority.net/wiki/ANSI_vs_ISO).
    However, I haven't found one that has the Caps Lock key remapped as a backspace key without the need for registry tweaks (and some were missing mappings).

    Taking this thread as inspiration (https://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=1621) I decided to create a keyboard layout in the same way; with Caps Lock remapped and using the Corsican (CO) language identifier for the keyboard.
    Whilst I was at it I also added some additional keybindings via AltGr and Ctrl+Shift which will be useful for me (and possibly others).

    Finally I decided it was worth sharing here so others could benefit.

    Included in the download is an installer, keyboard layout images, keyboard source code and a readme.



    Download links (V1.0):

    https://www.mediafire.com/?87tqhv0hil7m2g9

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/600 … tended.zip

    Last edited by ryanm (11-May-2015 21:06:22)
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    11-May-2015 15:23:25#2 Re: UK/ISO Colemak layout with Caps Lock to Backspace (Windows)

    Welcome, Ryan. I don't have an ISO keyboard so I can't check it out, but I will note that your top link is broken. It seems to think that the closed parenthesis is part of the link. Perhaps you should add a space.

    This seems like a good addition, good work.

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    11-May-2015 20:02:12#3 Re: UK/ISO Colemak layout with Caps Lock to Backspace (Windows)

    If you add a link to a post, the forum code will (usually) automatically add url and /url tags around it. If you edit your post you can move the parenthesis out of the tags and everything should be fine and dandy.

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    11-May-2015 21:06:55#4 Re: UK/ISO Colemak layout with Caps Lock to Backspace (Windows)

    Excellent - sorted it now. Thanks for pointing it out :)

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