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Custom US International Layout for Windows

The adjacent US_semi_international.klc file is a customized US International keyboard layout source file for Windows.

The layout tries to be mostly indistinguishable from regular US layout with following additions:

Key combination Result
Ctrl + Alt + ` §
Ctrl + Alt + 1 ¹
Ctrl + Alt + 2 ²
Ctrl + Alt + 3 ³
Ctrl + Alt + 4 £
Ctrl + Alt + 5
Ctrl + Alt + 6 ¼
Ctrl + Alt + 7 ½
Ctrl + Alt + 8 ¾
Ctrl + Alt + 9 ` (dead key, combinations with AEIOU)
Ctrl + Alt + 0 ´ (dead key, combinations with AEIOU)
Ctrl + Alt + E
Ctrl + Alt + Q ä (Ä with Shift)
Ctrl + Alt + W å (Å with Shift)
Ctrl + Alt + O °
Ctrl + Alt + P ö (Ö with Shift)

Installation

Install Microsoft's free Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) tool:

https://support.microsoft.com/help/823010/the-microsoft-keyboard-layout-creator

Steps to build and install the layout:

  1. Open the file in MSKLC with File -> Open Source File....
  2. Build the layout with Project -> Build DLL and Setup Package
  3. Open the build directory (defaults to C:\Users\<user>\Documents\eh-us-in)
  4. Run setup.exe
  5. Sign out and sign back in