German layout
Hi!
I have build my first keyboard and so far a lot works fine.
I want to use german characters like äßöü. Those work fine. But i am not able to setup the @ character, square brackets or the pipe character.
I setup the keys_de.h config and added the import to my keymap file as state in this guide: https://zmk.dev/blog/2024/01/05/zmk-tools#zmk-locale-generator
I also tried changing the locale of my keyboard, that wasnt successfull either since the "german umlaute" were removed by the change.
Do you have another idea what could help?
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Hi! Happy to help with your German layout.
It sounds like you've followed the ZMK locale guide. Let's try a couple of things:
1. Verify
keys_de.h: Double-check that @, [], and | are correctly mapped in your keys_de.h file.
2. Keymap Layer: Ensure the layer with these characters is active when you're trying to use them.
3. Check your ZMK config: Ensure that the correct layout is configured.
If you're still stuck, can you share your corne.keymap (or lily58.keymap) file? I can take a look.
You can also find more help in the ZMK documentation: https://zmk.dev/docs/user-setup
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the file is too large, so here is the raise layer in which the at sign is:raiselayer {
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// | TAB | ! | @ | # | $ | % | | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | BSPC |
// | CTRL | | | | | | | - | = | [ | ] | \ | ` |
// | SHFT | | | | | | | | + | { | } | "|" | ~ |
// | GUI | | SPC | | ENT | | ALT |
bindings = <
&kp TAB &kp EXCL &kp DE_AT &kp DE_HASH &kp DE_DOLLAR &kp DE_PERCENT &kp DE_TILDE &kp DE_GRAVE &kp DE_LPAR &kp DE_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS &kp DE_QUESTION &kp BSPC
&kp LCTRL &kp DE_A_UMLAUT &kp DE_SZ &kp DE_O_UMLAUT &kp DE_U_UMLAUT &kp F12 &kp DE_MINUS &kp DE_EQUAL &kp DE_LEFT_BRACE &kp DE_RIGHT_BRACE &kp DE_SINGLE_QUOTE &kp DE_DOUBLE_QUOTES
&kp LEFT_SHIFT &bt BT_SEL 0 &bt BT_SEL 1 &bt BT_CLR &kp C_VOL_DN &kp C_VOLUME_UP &kp DE_UNDERSCORE &kp DE_PLUS &kp DE_LBKT &kp DE_RBKT &kp PIPE &kp RIGHT_SHIFT
&kp LGUI &trans &kp SPACE &kp RET &trans &kp RALT
>;
};
and this is the definition in the keys_de file:
/* @ */
#define DE_AT_SIGN (RA(ZMK_HID_USAGE(HID_USAGE_KEY, HID_USAGE_KEY_KEYBOARD_Q)))
#define DE_AT (DE_AT_SIGN)
I wrote some definitions for German without any additional tweaks. You can take a look here, you can add it as a simple include:
https://github.com/mctechnology17/zmk-config/blob/main/config/keymap_german_mac_iso_zmk.h
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