Add German+ÅÆØ compatibility layout with MessageEase #832
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MessageEase does not have own layouts for languages that uses Nordic characters (æ, ø and å as HTML entities), instead these are covered with a layout called "German + ÅÆØ", which is basically the German layout with these changes: (1) Top swipe on upper left key A is Å (2) Top swipe on center left key H is Æ instead of Ü (3) Top swipe on lower left key T is Ø (4) Top swipe on lower left key in numeric keyboard is umlaut/diaeresis (5) Bottom swipe on lower left key T does not show eszett If it hadn't been for (2), these changes could have been incorporated directly in the "deutsch", but alas. (4) is necessary to type a general umlaut instead. Diff DEMessageEase against DENordicMessageEase to see definition changes between this and the "deutsch" layout. Additionally, the '>' symbol is on a right, not bottom-right swipe on the 9 key, the bottom-right swipe of 8 is a ':' instead of an '-', the bottom-right of 7 is tabulator instead of ':', and '-' is located on the right swipe of 1; to be located on the same keys as they are on the main keyboard. These changes are collected in a new numeric layout called NordicMessageEaseNumeric. Perhaps "deutsch nordic messageease" would have been a name more in line with the others, but I chose to go with "deutsch + æøå messageease" to make it easier to find for people who are coming from MessageEase and probably will be looking for something similar to the "German+ÆØÅ" name.
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MessageEase does not have own layouts for languages that uses Nordic characters (æ, ø and å as HTML entities), instead these are covered with a layout called "German + ÅÆØ", which is basically the German layout with these changes:
(1) Top swipe on upper left key A is Å
(2) Top swipe on center left key H is Æ instead of Ü (3) Top swipe on lower left key T is Ø
(4) Top swipe on lower left key in numeric keyboard is umlaut/diaeresis (5) Bottom swipe on lower left key T does not show eszett
If it hadn't been for (2), these changes could have been incorporated directly in the "deutsch", but alas. (4) is necessary to type a general umlaut instead. Diff DEMessageEase against DENordicMessageEase to see definition changes between this and the "deutsch" layout.
Additionally, the '>' symbol is on a right, not bottom-right swipe on the 9 key, the bottom-right swipe of 8 is a ':' instead of an '-', the bottom-right of 7 is tabulator instead of ':', and '-' is located on the right swipe of 1; to be located on the same keys as they are on the main keyboard. These changes are collected in a new numeric layout called NordicMessageEaseNumeric.
Perhaps "deutsch nordic messageease" would have been a name more in line with the others, but I chose to go with "deutsch + æøå messageease" to make it easier to find for people who are coming from MessageEase and probably will be looking for something similar to the "German+ÆØÅ" name.