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 ====== UK Colemak ====== ====== UK Colemak ======
  
-American Colemak varients [[http://colemak.com/Download|are available]] for download if not already included in your OS, but regional variations are much thinner on the ground than personally customised versions.+American Colemak varients [[http://colemak.com/Download|are available]] for download if not already included in your OS, but regional variations are much thinner on the ground than personally customised versions.  So let's contribute to that trend!
  
 ===== "Standard" UK Colemak ===== ===== "Standard" UK Colemak =====
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 ===== Variants ===== ===== Variants =====
  
-{{:windows:danmak.zip|Danmak}} modifies Colemak with+{{:windows:colemakq.zip|ColemakQ}} modifies Colemak with
   * Backspace in the standard Qwerty position (not left of "A") -- for those who already have control in this spot   * Backspace in the standard Qwerty position (not left of "A") -- for those who already have control in this spot
-  * US (or UK Mac) locations of @ and ", recognisind " is much more common+  * US (or UK Mac) locations of @ and " (recognising " is much more common)
   * Swap ( and ) with < and > -- unless you're a programmer then wtf are triangular brackets doing //there//?   * Swap ( and ) with < and > -- unless you're a programmer then wtf are triangular brackets doing //there//?
-  * An em-dash on shifted ` -- when was the last time you used one of several more obscure mathematical symbols for "not"?  What the hell were they thinking?+  * An em-dash on shifted ` -- when was the last time you used one of the more obscure of several mathematical symbols for "not"?  And an en-dash on ''Altgr `''.
   * All other symbols in their UK locations, including € on alt-gr 4   * All other symbols in their UK locations, including € on alt-gr 4
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 +Works on Windows 7 and 10 (at least).
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 +TODO:
 +  * There is a desperate need to get the interrobang onto the next iteration of this keyboard.  ''Altgr /''?
 +  * Possibly switch ` and —.
 +  * Sneak in a deadkey somewhere?
 +  * § on alt-s?
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