Cantonese Yale Keyboard Input for macOS

This repo has a configuration file for "dead key" input of Yale Romanization tone marks based on the default macOS US English keyboard.

Usage

The key chords are:

• Option + 1, (AEGIMOU): High tone, ¯. (Replaces ¡)
• Option + 2, (AEGIMOU): High rising tone, ´. (Replaces ™)
• Option + 4, (AEGIMOU): Low falling tone, `. (Replaces ¢)
• Option + 5, (AEGIMOU): Low rising tone, ´. (Replaces ∞)

There is no distinction between Option + 2 and Option + 5 output; they're both present in order to train remembering of tones.

Installation

sudo ln -s $PWD/Yale.keylayout /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/
sudo ln -s $PWD/Yale.icns /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/

Population

Simple helper script I wrote to make sure I got it right.

function getValues(root){
  return `
    <when state="Tone1Entry" output="${root}\u0304"/>
    <when state="Tone2Entry" output="${root}\u0301"/>
    <when state="Tone4Entry" output="${root}\u0300"/>
    <when state="Tone5Entry" output="${root}\u0301"/>`.normalize();
}

copy(getValues('a'));