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Karabiner-Elements-Neo

Karabiner-Elements-Neo implements the layers 4 and 6 of the Neo2 keyboard layout for macOS Sierra. It is based on takahasix' fork of Karabiner-Elements, a subset of the next generation Karabiner for macOS Sierra.

Project Status

Beta, please report any bugs or incomplete installation instructions as GitHub issues. You may report issues in English or German.

Installation

I do not have an Apple Developer license at the moment that would me allow to distribute a ready-made installable package. Thus, it is necessary to build Karabiner-Elements-Neo yourself.

Follow these instructions.

Once you have built the installable package:

1. Open the DMG file and follow the instructions.
2. Open Karabiner-Elements and add the following “Simple Modifications”:
   • backslash (\) to right_option
   • caps_lock to right_option
   • grave_accent_and_tilde (`) to right_command
3. Download the keyboard layout file and move it either to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts (personal installation) or /Library/Keyboard Layouts (system-wide installation). You have the choice between to keyboard layout files:
   • the one provided on neo-layout.org
   • or @jgosmann's modified one which mainly improves the caps lock layout (e.g. use shift to type lowercase)
4. Select the Neo2 keyboard layout (“Deutsch (Neo 2)”) in your system settings (under “Keyboard → Input Sources”).