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“DSL KeyPad” is a utility written on AutoHotkey 2.0, designed for inputting a wide range of characters using hotkeys and auxiliary functions. Its primary focus is on enhancing input capabilities for Latin and Cyrillic scripts, allowing typing in multiple languages without the need for separate keyboard layouts for each language. Requires common QWERTY (English US)/ЙЦУКЕН (Russian) keyboard layouts.
More than 3,300 Unicode characters are available.
Additionaly, it supports typing on the Germanic Runes, Glagolitic, Old Turkic, Old Permic, Phonician, Carian, Lycian, Ugaritic etc.
A major patch update to version 0.1.2 is currently in development.
Planned 0.1.2 release date — ~end of June/start of July.
More than 4,600 Unicode characters will be available.
Technically, you can already use version 0.1.2 by downloading it from the code → dev branch and compiling a couple of files (requires Visual Studio), but keep in mind — this is an unfinished version and may contain bugs.
Features
- Support for a wide range of Unicode symbols
- Key combinations for typing non-standard letters/symbols (e.g., Ă Â Å Ą Ä Ā Ã Á À Ȁ, ¡¿‽⸘×∞⟨⟩∓±≠, ←↑↓→↖↗↙↘↕↔, etc.). Disabled by default (Press RAlt F1 to toggle)
- Compositing mode that allows typing an extended range, converts sequence to an result (e.g., AE → Æ, ΣΤ → Ϛ, ІѦ → Ѩ, ДЧ → Ԭ, etc.), and allows the user to input a code (e.g., A+0–255/0255 or U+0000–10FFFF) to obtain the corresponding symbol (Compose key is RAlt×2)
- “Alternative modes” that allow typing in included (mostly) non-Latin and Cyrillic scripts:
- Hellenic, Runic, Glagolitic, Old Turkic, Old Permic, Old Hungarian, Gothic, Old Italic, Phoenician, Ancient South Arabian, Ancient North Arabian, Carian, Lycian, Lydian, Sidetic, Cypriot Syllabary, Tifinagh, Ugaritic, Old Persian, International Phonetic Alphabet, Deseret Alphabet, Shavian Alphabet…
- Mode switching to type Unicode symbols, HTML entities, or LaTeX codes (when available) instead of a Unicode symbol (e.g., Á → Á → \`{A})
- “Internal” keyboard layouts
- Support for “Glyph variations” (e.g., A → 𝐀 𝐴 A 𝔄 𝕬 A 𝙰 ᴬ ᴀ)
- Support for user-defined “recipes” in Compositing mode
- Support for importing Linux “*.XCompose” sequences as custom recipes
- Support for user-defined key binds
- Support for user-defined internal keyboard layouts
- User’s favorite symbols system
- Auxiliary TELEX/VNI-like modes that simplify typing in Tiếng Việt × Jơrai and Hànyǔ Pīnyīn
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