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Ukelele 2.1.8

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Ukelele is a Unicode keyboard layout editor for the XML-format keyboard layout files in OS X (".keylayout" files). It provides a graphical interface to the layout files with support for drag-and-drop character assignments, creation of dead keys, and assignment of multi-character strings.

By the way, the name of this software is intentionally misspelled. Call it a case of 'artistic license'.

What's New

Version 2.1.8:

Reenable the “New From Current Input Source” command when running in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), as there is a new version of the helper utility.
Add a preference to allow the user to choose whether to reopen the documents that were open when Ukelele was last quit. This only applies to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), and allows the new default behaviour (resume) or the old behaviour (the user’s choice of creating a new document, opening an existing document, or doing nothing).
Update the Unicode tables to the current draft of the Unicode Character Database, version 6.1. Note that this is a beta version, with the formal 6.1 specification due in February 2012.
Minor updates to the manual to reflect changes with Lion.

Version 2.1.8:

Reenable the “New From Current Input Source” command when running in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), as there is a new version of the helper utility.
Add a preference to allow the user to choose whether to reopen the documents that were open when Ukelele was last quit. This only applies to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), and allows the new default behaviour (resume) or the old behaviour (the more...

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PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Lolita commented on 02 Feb 2012

Is this a kernel extension?

[Version 2.1.8]

CPa reviewed on 06 Jan 2012

Snow Leopard / Mac mini, Logitech illuminated keyboard
Ukelele v.2.1.8

When I select Preferences, Themes
Ukelele crash
width crash file available in my Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

[Version 2.1.8]

Kamuela reviewed on 29 Dec 2010

Great app, even though I'm not much to tinker with keyboard layouts.

one thing though.. shouldn't it be UKULELE? and not UKELELE?

BTW Ukulele translates into: Jumping Flea. Which is what the Hawaiians thought it sounded like when played.

[Version 2.1.4]

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+35

Cattus Thraex replied on 13 Mar 2011

Both ukelele and ukulele are (linguistically) correct.

+35

Cattus Thraex commented on 13 Nov 2010

UKELELE is one of those small Mac OS gems, which make me use Mac OS, not Windows or Linux. I have no preconceived ideas, butâ€”when working with linguistc text, dialectal texts or other similar stuffâ€”some applications in Mac OS simply can do what you want, unlike similar Windows or Linux apps. When this achieved, the next step is to have an easy-to-use keylayout editor, as the existing, default keylayout are not sufficient in many instances.
With this in view, perhaps Apple may do more in this respect. Note that, out of the basic Apple applications, only TextEdit can easily handle combined diacritical marks. Pages cannot do that.

[Version 2.1.1]

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+35

Cattus Thraex commented on 13 Nov 2010

Hm, I can note that UTF 8 encoding of this site does not work, the initial â€” (EM dash, U 2014) turned into â‚¬ symbol (20AC). Perhaps you should improve this.

+22

_ado replied on 26 Nov 2010

It's most likely the database. I guess this site uses MySQL and they haven't set the encoding of the db to utf8.

+35

Cattus Thraex commented on 26 Jul 2010

UKELELE is that piece of a wonderful application, which makes work easier and faster. All those needing to write special texts (in the field of linguistics, dialectology and other specialized fields) will need UKELELE in order to creater their custom keyboard layouts. Meanwhile, it has grown up as a mature application, of professional level.
Congratulations to John Brownie for his constant work.

[Version 2.0]

Sil/john Brownie (developer) commented on 08 Feb 2010

I believe that most of the problems with beta versions of version 2.0 have been solved, though there are still some minor issues to work on. Hopefully just about everything is working correctly now.

[Version 2.0b4]

Sil/john Brownie (developer) commented on 08 Feb 2010

I believe that most of the problems with beta versions of version 2.0 have been solved, though there are still some minor issues to work on. Hopefully just about everything is working correctly now.

[Version 2.0b4]

Sil/john Brownie (developer) commented on 26 Jan 2010

I'm sorry, but there are some issues with using keyboard layouts created in Ukelele 2.0 beta versions. These are slowly coming to light, and I will be addressing these as soon as possible. If you have problems, you can still use version 1.8.4, which still works reliably. Please contact me directly (contact details are in the Read Me file) if you have questions.

[Version 2.0b3]

+236

Nontroppo reviewed on 16 Jan 2010

Wow, great update to a great app. I like to customize my option+keyboard mapping to add more esoteric unicode characters into easy reach, and this works brilliantly.

The V2.0 update brings a great new UI, and the attention to detail and very thorough documentation are simply amazing for a free app. Highly recommended!

[Version 2.0b1]

+127

Meego commented on 16 Jan 2010

When the keyboard on my MBP stopped working, i bought a spare one on ebay.

The problem was, my original keyboard was french (azerty), and the new one was english (qwerty).

So, i switched the plastic keys to mimic a french keyboard. And then I created a custom layout with Ukelele to sort everything out.

Thanks Ukelele!

[Version 2.0b1]

Corfan had trouble on 23 Jul 2008

I have made a layout in the graphic interface and after i have saved it in the directory called "Library/Keyboard Layout", but he doesn't appear in "International" preference panel (I use Mac OS 10,5). Why?

PS: excuse-me for my very bad english... :P

[Version 1.8b6]

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+322

MacUpdate Admin replied on 23 Jul 2008

Your English is not bad at all... But you should try to contact the developer for help with your problem.

Developer website:

http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=ukelele

Sil/john Brownie (developer) replied on 31 Jul 2008

If you typed it correctly, you put it in a folder called "Keyboard Layout". That's the wrong name - it should be "Keyboard Layouts". Make sure also to log out and log in again after putting the keyboard layout into the correct folder.

+103

hced commented on 26 Jan 2010

Just wanted to chime in on the trouble reported by CORFAN.

I've tried Ukelele 2.0b3 on a MacBook Pro (2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo) using Mac OS X 10.6.2.

And I've put my edited and saved .keylayout file in each and every alternative place - that is, either Library/Keyboard Layouts, /Users/username/Library/Keyboard Layouts , and even System/Library/Keyboard Layouts - and then restarted my computer.

But it doesn't seem to kick in, i.e. I can't find my custom .keylayout in the input sources list.

Liana had trouble on 29 Oct 2007

Hi, I have just downloaded and have been working my way through the Ukelele program - it has been great so far. My dilemma is I need to setup some keys to quit an application on a Mac- a combination of keys e.g. 'Command + a,b,c', that a user will more than likely never press at the same time. So 'Command + a,b,c' will perform the operation 'Command + q' (the shortcut for quitting most apps on a mac)... is Ukelele capable of doing this?

Thanks - any help, advice and/or ideas would be most appreciated.

[Version 1.8b3]

Widber rated on 21 Oct 2011

[Version 2.1.8]

-1

Spagh rated on 06 Dec 2010

[Version 2.1.3]

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Version Downloads:2,354

Type:Utilities : System

License:Free

Date:21 Oct 2011

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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Ukelele is a Unicode keyboard layout editor for the XML-format keyboard layout files in OS X (".keylayout" files). It provides a graphical interface to the layout files with support for drag-and-drop character assignments, creation of dead keys, and assignment of multi-character strings.

By the way, the name of this software is intentionally misspelled. Call it a case of 'artistic license'.

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