General information

Additional Mac OS X keyboard layout file used with a German
keyboard.

The Keyboard Layout follows basically the "Neo Layout" (Version 1.1),
a proposal for an ergonomic optimized German Standard Keyboard from
Hanno Behrens in 2004 (see http://www.neo-layout.org).

The keyboard layout file is approved under the SIL Freeware License
and the keyboard layout itself is approved under the GNU general
Public License.


Installation

Unpack the archive file and copy the .keylayout and .icns file
into the folder .../Library/Keyboard Layouts. Create this folder
if it does not exist already.

After a log out and log in back again, the keyboard layout can
activate in "System Preferences" and "International", "Input Menu".

If "Show input menu in menu bar" is active, you can switch between
the active keyboard layouts in the menu bar.


Background

The keyboard layout can used additional to a standard keyboard
layout, in general all German characters are available too.

The keyboard layout is most similar to the implementation of the
"Neo Layout" (Version 1.1) by Hanno Behrens for Windows and Linux
respectively the X Window System.

The keyboard layout does not fit to the implementation of the Neo
keyboard layout for Mac OS X from 2005.


Sources

Some additional information to the "Neo Layout",
http://www.neo-layout.org
and
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Tastaturbelegung


Suggestions

For suggestions and notes I am grateful,
email to lutz.mader@freenet.de.


Modifications

Current version 1.0.

05.01.2010
    Unused Keys deleted.

14.11.2009
    General release.

31.10.2009
    Align to the Aluminium Apple Keyboard.
    
04.05.2009
    First public test.


Copyright and legal information

All rights reserved.
The publication takes place without consideration of a possible patent
protection. Registered trademarks and names are used without guarantee of
a free usefulness.

This is experimental software.
The use of the software takes place on your own risk.

Nobody can be made under any circumstances liable for damages to hardware
and software, lost data and others directly or indirectly by the use of
the software emerging damages.

If you do not agree with these conditions, you may not use or distribute
this software.

Lutz Mader, 2010.