YNynik·Apr 9, 2021
On Windows you can install a custom keyboard layout like https://github.com/umanovskis/win-kbd-usint-nodead/
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US-International keyboard layout with no dead keys (AltGr only) for Windows
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US-International keyboard layout with no dead keys (AltGr only) for Windows
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| Aug 2020 | 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2020 | 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2020 | 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 sources> Also, to get the original character, press space (or double press them to double type them).
If you don't like this behavior then then I can recommend using a modified US-International layout where those keys are only dead if AltGr is held down [1].
Alternatively, you can use a version where AltGr acts as the modifier [2].
The latter is what I use since I only need it for Swedish special characters (åäö) which I get by typing AltGr+W, AltGr+Q, and AltGr+P.
[1] https://github.com/thomasfaingnaert/win-us-intl-altgr
[2] https://github.com/umanovskis/win-kbd-usint-nodead
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