[KBM] Chord key support

[Canna71]

Hi, I think it should be useful to add support for dead keys, or even chords.
For example, I am currently using Autohotkey to insert accented letters by typing, for example
Alt+`, A => à
Pressing Alt+` will not map to any key (thus, a dead key) but will enter a mode, after which the mapping is applied (in this case a=>à)

If KBM was going to support this, I could ditch Autohotkey.

[saahmedm]

hi @Canna71, we're currently planning to incorporate shortcut to key and tracking it here: #3290. Is this what you mean?

Chords however, are not in our current v1 plans.

[Canna71]

Hi @saahmedm, what I meant is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key
For example I would like to map Alt+` to act as the dead key for the grave accent.

[saahmedm]

So my understanding is supporting dead keys = chords? is there a difference in implementation, other than a specific key being chosen as the "dead key" that initiates the chord shortcut.

[Canna71]

I guess dead keys can be seen as a simplified version of a chord, in which the second keystroke should be a simple keypress and not another combination.

[arjunbalgovind]

@Canna71 which keyboard layout would you be using for such a remapping?

[Canna71]

English US Why? Il 16 lug 2020, 18:47 +0200, Arjun Balgovind <notifications@github.com>, ha scritto:

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[crutkas]

Updating the title here to crisply state chords

[enricogior]

Closing in favor of #6976

[crutkas]

not totally sure why chords was closed out. Could have been for dead key support. Lets make this dedicated for just chords

[jaimecbernardo]

This has been worked on during the 0.79.0 release cycle.
Please update to the latest: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases