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[Linux] Option key special character entry scheme #736

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K("Super-c"): K("LC-c"), # Sigints - interrupt
},"Jetbrains")


################################################################################
########### START OF OPTION KEY SPECIAL CHARACTER ENTRY SCHEME #############
################################################################################
###
### Full list of special characters on Apple US keyboard layout:
### https://github.org/RedBearAK/optspecialchars

# Short names for processing helper functions
UC = unicode_keystrokes
# ST = to_keystrokes
ST = to_US_keystrokes

_optspecialchars = False


def toggle_optspecialchars():
"""Toggle the value of the _optspecialchars variable"""
from subprocess import run
def _toggle_optspecialchars():
global _optspecialchars
_optspecialchars = not _optspecialchars
if _optspecialchars:
run('notify-send ALERT "OptSpecialChars is now ENABLED.\
\rWill interfere with Alt & Alt+Shift shortcuts!\
\rDisable with Shift+Opt+Cmd+o."', shell=True)
print("(DD) OptSpecialChars is now ENABLED.", flush=True)
else:
run('notify-send ALERT "OptSpecialChars is now DISABLED."', shell=True)
print("(DD) OptSpecialChars is now DISABLED.", flush=True)

return _toggle_optspecialchars


#########################################################
# Set this to False to disable the alert that appears
# when using Apple logo shortcut (Shift+Option+K)
_applelogoalert = True


def apple_logo_alert():
"""Show a notification about needing Baskerville Old Face font for displaying Apple logo"""
def _apple_logo_alert():
from subprocess import run
global _applelogoalert
if _applelogoalert:
run('notify-send ALERT "Apple logo requires Baskerville Old Face font.\
\rTo disable warning, change \\"_applelogoalert\\" \
\rvariable value in config file to \\"False\\"."', shell=True)

return _apple_logo_alert


keymap("Option key special characters scheme", {

# Number keys row with Option
######################################################
C("Alt-Grave"): { # Dead Keys Accent Grave
C("Esc"): UC(0x0060), # ` Leave accent character if dead keys Escaped
C("Space"): UC(0x0060), # ` Leave accent character if user hits Space
C("Grave"): [UC(0x0060),UC(0x0060)], # Output two Graves if Grave is next key
C("A"): UC(0x00E0), # à Latin Small a with Grave
C("E"): UC(0x00E8), # è Latin Small e with Grave
C("I"): UC(0x00EC), # ì Latin Small i with Grave
C("O"): UC(0x00F2), # ò Latin Small o with Grave
C("U"): UC(0x00F9), # ù Latin Small u with Grave
C("Shift-A"): UC(0x00C0), # À Latin Capital A with Grave
C("Shift-E"): UC(0x00C8), # È Latin Capital E with Grave
C("Shift-I"): UC(0x00CC), # Ì Latin Capital I with Grave
C("Shift-O"): UC(0x00D2), # Ò Latin Capital O with Grave
C("Shift-U"): UC(0x00D9), # Ù Latin Capital U with Grave
},

C("Alt-1"): UC(0x00A1), # ¡ Inverted Exclamation Mark
C("Alt-2"): UC(0x2122), # ™ Trade Mark Sign Emoji
C("Alt-3"): UC(0x00A3), # £ British Pound currency symbol
C("Alt-4"): UC(0x00A2), # ¢ Cent currency symbol
C("Alt-5"): UC(0x221E), # ∞ Infinity mathematical symbol
C("Alt-6"): UC(0x00A7), # § Section symbol
C("Alt-7"): UC(0x00B6), # ¶ Paragraph mark (Pilcrow) symbol
C("Alt-8"): UC(0x2022), # • Bullet Point symbol (solid)
C("Alt-9"): UC(0x00AA), # ª Feminine Ordinal Indicator
C("Alt-0"): UC(0x00BA), # º Masculine Ordinal Indicator
C("Alt-Minus"): UC(0x2013), # – En Dash punctuation mark
C("Alt-Equal"): UC(0x2260), # ≠ Not Equal To symbol

# Number keys row with Shift+Option
######################################################
C("Shift-Alt-Grave"): UC(0x0060), # ` Grave Accent (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-1"): UC(0x2044), # ⁄ Fraction Slash
C("Shift-Alt-2"): UC(0x20AC), # € Euro currency symbol
C("Shift-Alt-3"): UC(0x2039), # ‹ Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation mark
C("Shift-Alt-4"): UC(0x203A), # › Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation mark
C("Shift-Alt-5"): UC(0xFB01), # fi Latin Small Ligature Fi
C("Shift-Alt-6"): UC(0xFB02), # fl Latin Small Ligature Fl
C("Shift-Alt-7"): UC(0x2021), # ‡ Double dagger (cross) symbol
C("Shift-Alt-8"): UC(0x00B0), # ° Degree Sign
C("Shift-Alt-9"): UC(0x00B7), # · Middle Dot (interpunct/middot)
C("Shift-Alt-0"): UC(0x201A), # ‚ Single low-9 quotation mark
C("Shift-Alt-Minus"): UC(0x2014), # — Em Dash punctuation mark
C("Shift-Alt-Equal"): UC(0x00B1), # ± Plus Minus mathematical symbol

# Tab key row with Option
######################################################
C("Alt-Q"): UC(0x0153), # œ Small oe (oethel) ligature
C("Alt-W"): UC(0x2211), # ∑ N-Ary Summation (sigma) notation

C("Alt-E"): { # Dead Keys Accent Acute
C("Esc"): UC(0x00B4), # ´ Leave accent character if dead keys Escaped
C("Space"): UC(0x00B4), # ´ Leave accent character if user hits Space
C("A"): UC(0x00E1), # á Latin Small a with Acute
C("E"): UC(0x00E9), # é Latin Small e with Acute
C("I"): UC(0x00ED), # í Latin Small i with Acute
C("O"): UC(0x00F3), # ó Latin Small o with Acute
C("U"): UC(0x00FA), # ú Latin Small u with Acute
C("Shift-A"): UC(0x00C1), # Á Latin Capital A with Acute
C("Shift-E"): UC(0x00C9), # É Latin Capital E with Acute
C("Shift-I"): UC(0x00CD), # Í Latin Capital I with Acute
C("Shift-O"): UC(0x00D3), # Ó Latin Capital O with Acute
C("Shift-U"): UC(0x00DA), # Ú Latin Capital U with Acute
},
C("Alt-R"): UC(0x00AE), # ® Registered Trade Mark Sign
C("Alt-T"): UC(0x2020), # † Simple dagger (cross) symbol
C("Alt-Y"): UC(0x00A5), # ¥ Japanese Yen currency symbol

C("Alt-U"): { # Dead Keys Accent Umlaut
C("Esc"): UC(0x00A8), # ¨ Leave accent character if dead keys Escaped
C("Space"): UC(0x00A8), # ¨ Leave accent character if user hits Space
C("A"): UC(0x00E4), # ä Latin Small a with Umlaut
C("E"): UC(0x00EB), # ë Latin Small e with Umlaut
C("I"): UC(0x00EF), # ï Latin Small i with Umlaut
C("O"): UC(0x00F6), # ö Latin Small o with Umlaut
C("U"): UC(0x00FC), # ü Latin Small u with Umlaut
C("Y"): UC(0x00FF), # ÿ Latin Small y with Umlaut
C("Shift-A"): UC(0x00C4), # Ä Latin Capital A with Umlaut
C("Shift-E"): UC(0x00CB), # Ë Latin Capital E with Umlaut
C("Shift-I"): UC(0x00CF), # Ï Latin Capital I with Umlaut
C("Shift-O"): UC(0x00D6), # Ö Latin Capital O with Umlaut
C("Shift-U"): UC(0x00DC), # Ü Latin Capital U with Umlaut
C("Shift-Y"): UC(0x0178), # Ÿ Latin Capital Y with Umlaut
},

C("Alt-I"): { # Dead Keys Accent Circumflex
C("Esc"): UC(0x02C6), # ˆ Leave accent character if dead keys Escaped
C("Space"): UC(0x02C6), # ˆ Leave accent character if user hits Space
C("A"): UC(0x00E2), # â Latin Small a with Circumflex
C("E"): UC(0x00EA), # ê Latin Small e with Circumflex
C("I"): UC(0x00EE), # î Latin Small i with Circumflex
C("O"): UC(0x00F4), # ô Latin Small o with Circumflex
C("U"): UC(0x00FB), # û Latin Small u with Circumflex
C("Shift-A"): UC(0x00C2), # Â Latin Capital A with Circumflex
C("Shift-E"): UC(0x00CA), # Ê Latin Capital E with Circumflex
C("Shift-I"): UC(0x00CE), # Î Latin Capital I with Circumflex
C("Shift-O"): UC(0x00D4), # Ô Latin Capital O with Circumflex
C("Shift-U"): UC(0x00DB), # Û Latin Capital U with Circumflex
},

C("Alt-O"): UC(0x00F8), # ø Latin Small Letter o with Stroke
C("Alt-P"): UC(0x03C0), # π Greek Small Letter Pi
C("Alt-Left_Brace"): UC(0x201C), # “ Left Double Quotation Mark
C("Alt-Right_Brace"): UC(0x2018), # ‘ Left Single Quotation Mark
C("Alt-Backslash"): UC(0x00AB), # « Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark

# Tab key row with Shift+Option
######################################################
C("Shift-Alt-Q"): UC(0x0152), # ΠCapital OE (Oethel) ligature
C("Shift-Alt-W"): UC(0x201E), # „ Double Low-9 Quotation mark
C("Shift-Alt-E"): UC(0x00B4), # ´ Acute Accent diacritic (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-R"): UC(0x2030), # ‰ Per mille symbol (zero over zero-zero)
C("Shift-Alt-T"): UC(0x02C7), # ˇ Caron/hacek diacritic (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-Y"): UC(0x00C1), # Á Latin Capital Letter A with Acute
C("Shift-Alt-U"): UC(0x00A8), # ¨ Diaeresis/Umlaut (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-I"): UC(0x02C6), # ˆ Circumflex Accent (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-O"): UC(0x00D8), # Ø Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke
C("Shift-Alt-P"): UC(0x220F), # ∏ N-Ary Product mathematical symbol
C("Shift-Alt-Left_Brace"): UC(0x201D), # ” Right Double Quotation Mark
C("Shift-Alt-Right_Brace"): UC(0x2019), # ’ Right Single Quotation Mark
C("Shift-Alt-Backslash"): UC(0x00BB), # » Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark

# CapsLock key row with Option
######################################################
C("Alt-A"): UC(0x00E5), # å Small Letter a with Ring Above
C("Alt-S"): UC(0x00DF), # ß German Eszett/beta (Sharfes/Sharp S)
C("Alt-D"): UC(0x2202), # ∂ Partial Differential
C("Alt-F"): UC(0x0192), # ƒ Function/florin currency symbol
C("Alt-G"): UC(0x00A9), # © Copyright Sign
C("Alt-H"): UC(0x02D9), # ˙ Dot Above diacritic (non-combining)
C("Alt-J"): UC(0x2206), # ∆ Increment, laplace operator symbol
C("Alt-K"): UC(0x02DA), # ˚ Ring Above diacritic (non-combining)
C("Alt-L"): UC(0x00AC), # ¬ Not Sign angled dash symbol
C("Alt-Semicolon"): UC(0x2026), # … Horizontal ellipsis
C("Alt-Apostrophe"): UC(0x00E6), # æ Small ae ligature

# CapsLock key row with Shift+Option
######################################################
C("Shift-Alt-A"): UC(0x00C5), # Å Capital Letter A with Ring Above
C("Shift-Alt-S"): UC(0x00CD), # Í Latin Capital Letter I with Acute
C("Shift-Alt-D"): UC(0x00CE), # Î Latin Capital Letter I with Circumflex
C("Shift-Alt-F"): UC(0x00CF), # Ï Latin Capital Letter I with Diaeresis
C("Shift-Alt-G"): UC(0x02DD), # ˝ Double Acute Accent (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-H"): UC(0x00D3), # Ó Latin Capital Letter O with Acute
C("Shift-Alt-J"): UC(0x00D4), # Ô Latin Capital Letter O with Circumflex
#########################################################################################################
# The Apple logo is at {U+F8FF} in a Unicode Private Use Area. Only at that location in Mac fonts.
# Symbol exists at {U+F000} in Baskerville Old Face font.
C("Shift-Alt-K"): [apple_logo_alert(),UC(0xF000)], #  Apple logo [req's Baskerville Old Face font]
C("Shift-Alt-L"): UC(0x00D2), # Ò Latin Capital Letter O with Grave
C("Shift-Alt-Semicolon"): UC(0x00DA), # Ú Latin Capital Letter U with Acute
C("Shift-Alt-Apostrophe"): UC(0x00C6), # Æ Capital AE ligature

# Shift keys row with Option
######################################################
C("Alt-Z"): UC(0x03A9), # Ω Greek Capital Letter Omega
C("Alt-X"): UC(0x2248), # ≈ Almost Equal To symbol
C("Alt-C"): UC(0x00E7), # ç Small Letter c with Cedilla
C("Alt-V"): UC(0x221A), # √ Square Root radical sign
C("Alt-B"): UC(0x222B), # ∫ Integral mathematical symbol

C("Alt-N"): { # Dead Keys Accent Tilde
C("Esc"): UC(0x02DC), # ˜ Leave accent character if dead keys Escaped
C("Space"): UC(0x02DC), # ˜ Leave accent character if user hits Space
C("A"): UC(0x00E3), # ã Latin Small a with Tilde
C("N"): UC(0x00F1), # ñ Latin Small n with Tilde
C("O"): UC(0x00F5), # õ Latin Small o with Tilde
C("Shift-A"): UC(0x00C3), # Ã Latin Capital A with Tilde
C("Shift-N"): UC(0x00D1), # Ñ Latin Capital N with Tilde
C("Shift-O"): UC(0x00D5), # Õ Latin Capital O with Tilde
},

C("Alt-M"): UC(0x00B5), # µ Micro (mu) symbol
C("Alt-Comma"): UC(0x2264), # ≤ Less Than or Equal To symbol
C("Alt-Dot"): UC(0x2265), # ≥ Greater Than or Equal To symbol
C("Alt-Slash"): UC(0x00F7), # ÷ Obelus/Division symbol

# Shift keys row with Shift+Option
######################################################
C("Shift-Alt-Z"): UC(0x00B8), # ¸ Spacing Cedilla diacritic (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-X"): UC(0x02DB), # ˛ Ogonek diacritic (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-C"): UC(0x00C7), # Ç Capital Letter C with Cedilla
C("Shift-Alt-V"): UC(0x25CA), # ◊ Lozenge (diamond) shape symbol
C("Shift-Alt-B"): UC(0x0131), # ı Latin Small Letter Dotless i
C("Shift-Alt-N"): UC(0x02DC), # ˜ Small Tilde character
C("Shift-Alt-M"): UC(0x00C2), # Â Latin Capital Letter A with Circumflex
C("Shift-Alt-Comma"): UC(0x00AF), # ¯ Macron/overline/overbar (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-Dot"): UC(0x02D8), # ˘ Breve diacritic (non-combining)
C("Shift-Alt-Slash"): UC(0x00BF), # ¿ Inverted Question mark

}, when = lambda ctx: ctx.wm_class.casefold() not in remotes and _optspecialchars is True)
# }, when = lambda _: _optspecialchars is True)

################################################################################
############ END OF OPTION KEY SPECIAL CHARACTER ENTRY SCHEME ##############
################################################################################


##############################################
### START OF FILE MANAGER GROUP OF KEYMAPS ###
##############################################
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# - but remote clients and VM software ought to be set here
# These are the typical remaps for ALL GUI based apps
define_keymap(lambda wm_class: wm_class.casefold() not in remotes,{
K("Shift-Alt-RC-o"): toggle_optspecialchars(),
K("RC-Shift-Left_Brace"): K("C-Page_Up"), # Tab nav: Go to prior (left) tab
K("RC-Shift-Right_Brace"): K("C-Page_Down"), # Tab nav: Go to next (right) tab
K("RC-Space"): K("Alt-F1"), # Default SL - Launch Application Menu (gnome/kde)
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