For Macintosh Keyboards
![MacBook Pro keyboard in Vosathenik-Q arrangement](https://zasm.earth/images/misc/vosathenik/mbp_kbd_vosathenik_medium.jpg)
Vosathenik-Q is based on the earlier 0.3.* series of Vosathenik keylayouts, before the key rearrangement at version 0.4. The two are distinguished by the leftmost alphabetic key being either Q (row 2) or X (row 4). As some keyboards cannot be converted to the Vosathenik-X layout, this ‘Q’ layout is still useful.
(The VoQ keylayout file should work with ANSI keyboards — where the ` key is rightmost on row 2 by default rather than leftmost on row 4. But as I have no ANSI keyboard suitable for keycap rearrangement, this has not been tested.)
As with the X series, Caps Lock raises lower case alphabetic and alphabetic option-variants to upper case, where the pairs exist in the layout. Shift inverts the current state, so shift+caps produces minuscule letters. (Current alphabetic variant pairs are a-z A-Z, ł Ł, ð Ð, ø Ø, å Å, þ Þ, ḥ Ḥ, œ Œ, ç Ç, æ Æ.)
This keylayout appears as ‘Vosathenik-Q’ in the inputs menu.
key UCS code UTF-8 code |
columns | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
row 1 | basic | § § U+A7 0xC2A7 |
1 1 U+31 0x31 |
2 2 U+32 0x32 |
3 3 U+33 0x33 |
4 4 U+34 0x34 |
5 5 U+35 0x35 |
6 6 U+36 0x36 |
7 7 U+37 0x37 |
8 8 U+38 0x38 |
9 9 U+39 0x39 |
0 0 U+30 0x30 |
- - U+2D 0x2D |
= = U+3D 0x3D |
shift | ± ± U+B1 0xC2B1 |
! ! U+21 0x21 |
@ @ U+40 0x40 |
£ £ U+A3 0xC2A3 |
$ $ U+24 0x24 |
% % U+25 0x25 |
^ ^ U+5E 0x5E |
& & U+26 0x26 |
* * U+2A 0x2A |
( ( U+28 0x28 |
) ) U+29 0x29 |
_ _ U+5F 0x5F |
+ + U+2B 0x2B |
|
option | † † U+2020 0xE280A0 |
¡ ¡ U+A1 0xC2A1 |
€ € U+20AC 0xE282AC |
# # U+23 0x23 |
¢ ¢ U+A2 0xC2A2 |
‰ ‰ U+2030 0xE280B0 |
ˆ ̂ U+0302 0xCC82 |
⁊ ⁊ U+204A 0xE2818A |
• • U+2022 0xE280A2 |
ª ª U+AA 0xC2AA |
º º U+BA 0xC2BA |
– – U+2013 0xE28093 |
≠ ≠ U+2260 0xE289A0 |
|
option shift | ‡ ‡ U+2021 0xE280A1 |
⁄ ⁄ U+2044 0xE28184 |
θ θ U+03B8 0xCEB8 |
‹ ‹ U+2039 0xE280B9 |
› › U+203A 0xE280BA |
fi fi U+FB01 0xEFAC81 |
fl fl U+FB02 0xEFAC82 |
∞ ∞ U+221E 0xE2889E |
° ° U+B0 0xC2B0 |
« « U+AB 0xC2AB |
» » U+BB 0xC2BB |
— — U+2014 0xE28094 |
≈ ≈ U+2248 0xE28988 |
|
row 2 | basic | ⇥ | q q U+71 0x71 |
u u U+75 0x75 |
r r U+72 0x72 |
m m U+6D 0x6D |
' ' U+27 0x27 |
; ; U+3B 0x3B |
g g U+67 0x67 |
l l U+6C 0x6C |
d d U+64 0x64 |
j j U+6A 0x6A |
[ [ U+5B 0x5B |
] ] U+5D 0x5D |
shift | Q Q U+51 0x51 |
U U U+55 0x55 |
R R U+52 0x52 |
M M U+4D 0x4D |
" " U+22 0x22 |
: : U+3A 0x3A |
G G U+47 0x47 |
L L U+4C 0x4C |
D D U+44 0x44 |
J J U+4A 0x4A |
{ { U+7B 0x7B |
} } U+7D 0x7D |
||
option | ø ø U+F8 0xC3B8 |
¨ ̈ U+0308 0xCC88 |
ɾ ɾ U+027E 0xC9BE |
¯ ̄ U+0304 0xCC84 |
ʼ ʼ U+02BC 0xCABC |
ʻ ʻ U+02BB 0xCABB |
© © U+A9 0xC2A9 |
ł ł U+0142 0xC582 |
ð ð U+F0 0xC3B0 |
ȷ ȷ U+0237 0xC8B7 |
‘ ‘ U+2018 0xE28098 |
’ ’ U+2019 0xE28099 |
||
option shift | Ø Ø U+D8 0xC398 |
µ µ U+B5 0xC2B5 |
® ® U+AE 0xC2AE |
¯ ¯ U+AF 0xC2AF |
ˮ ˮ U+02EE 0xCBAE |
∴ ∴ U+2234 0xE288B4 |
ᵹ ᵹ U+1D79 0xE1B5B9 |
Ł Ł U+0141 0xC581 |
Ð Ð U+D0 0xC390 |
∆ ∆ U+2206 0xE28886 |
“ “ U+201C 0xE2809C |
” ” U+201D 0xE2809D |
||
row 3 | basic | ⇪ | v v U+76 0x76 |
o o U+6F 0x6F |
s s U+73 0x73 |
a a U+61 0x61 |
t t U+74 0x74 |
h h U+68 0x68 |
e e U+65 0x65 |
n n U+6E 0x6E |
i i U+69 0x69 |
k k U+6B 0x6B |
/ / U+2F 0x2F |
\ \ U+5C 0x5C |
shift | V V U+56 0x56 |
O O U+4F 0x4F |
S S U+53 0x53 |
A A U+41 0x41 |
T T U+54 0x54 |
H H U+48 0x48 |
E E U+45 0x45 |
N N U+4E 0x4E |
I I U+49 0x49 |
K K U+4B 0x4B |
? ? U+3F 0x3F |
| | U+7C 0x7C |
||
option | ˇ ˇ U+02C7 0xCB87 |
´ ́ U+0301 0xCC81 |
ſ ſ U+017F 0xC5BF |
å å U+E5 0xC3A5 |
þ þ U+FE 0xC3BE |
ḥ ḥ U+1E25 0xE1B8A5 |
œ œ U+0153 0xC593 |
˜ ̃ U+0303 0xCC83 |
ı ı U+0131 0xC4B1 |
˚ ˚ U+02DA 0xCB9A |
÷ ÷ U+F7 0xC3B7 |
′ ′ U+2032 0xE280B2 |
||
option shift | √ √ U+221A 0xE2889A |
˝ ̋ U+030B 0xCC8B |
ß ß U+DF 0xC39F |
Å Å U+C5 0xC385 |
Þ Þ U+DE 0xC39E |
Ḥ Ḥ U+1E24 0xE1B8A4 |
Œ Œ U+0152 0xC592 |
ŋ ŋ U+014B 0xC58B |
İ İ U+0130 0xC4B0 |
∑ Σ U+2211 0xE28891 |
¿ ¿ U+BF 0xC2BF |
″ ʺ U+2033 0xE280B3 |
||
row 4 | basic | ` ` U+60 0x60 |
x x U+78 0x78 |
f f U+66 0x66 |
c c U+63 0x63 |
p p U+70 0x70 |
, , U+2C 0x2C |
. . U+2E 0x2E |
y y U+79 0x79 |
w w U+77 0x77 |
b b U+62 0x62 |
z z U+7A 0x7A |
⇧ | |
shift | ~ ~ U+7E 0x7E |
X X U+58 0x58 |
F F U+46 0x46 |
C C U+43 0x43 |
P P U+50 0x50 |
< < U+3C 0x3C |
> > U+3E 0x3E |
Y Y U+59 0x59 |
W W U+57 0x57 |
B B U+42 0x42 |
Z Z U+5A 0x5A |
|||
option | ` ̀ U+0300 0xCC80 |
¬ ¬ U+AC 0xC2AC |
ƒ ƒ U+0192 0xC692 |
ç ç U+E7 0xC3A7 |
π π U+03C0 0xCF80 |
‚ ‚ U+201A 0xE2809A |
· · U+B7 0xC2B7 |
¥ ¥ U+A5 0xC2A5 |
æ æ U+E6 0xC3A6 |
∂ ∂ U+2202 0xE28882 |
Ω Ω U+03A9 0xCEA9 |
|||
option shift | ̏ ̏ U+030F 0xCC8F |
× × U+D7 0xC397 |
⟨ ⟨ U+27E8 0xE29FA8 |
Ç Ç U+C7 0xC387 |
≤ ≤ U+2264 0xE289A4 |
„ „ U+201E 0xE2809E |
˙ ˙ U+02D9 0xCB99 |
≥ ≥ U+2265 0xE289A5 |
Æ Æ U+00C6 0xC386 |
⟩ ⟩ U+27E9 0xE29FA9 |
ʃ ʃ U+0283 0xCA83 |
Other than the character arrangement, all information relating to Vosathenik-X is valid for Vosathenik-Q.
And here’s a not very good picture of a (not very good) standalone keyboard with the Q arrangement. Click for a better image. (The A1048 USB keyboard is not good for typing but it is excellent for experimental key rearrangements, as the profile of the keys doesn’t vary between rows.)
![Apple USB Keyboard with Vosatheik-Q key arrangement](https://zasm.earth/images/misc/vosathenik/apple_kbd_vosathenik_medium.jpg)
You can view or download (ZIP) the source here.
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