Bepo aspyct (bepo tuned for developers)

README.md

Add this layout section to the symbols file, after the "bepo" entry. Apply the layout for each login with:

setxkbmap -layout fr -variant bepo_aspyct

Or if you modified the evdev.xml file, you can directly select the layout from Gnome. Tested on Ubuntu 19.10, YMMV.

usr share X11 xkb rules evdev.xml

        <variant>
          <configItem>
            <name>fr-bepo-aspyct</name>
            <description>French (Bepo Aspyct, ergonomic, Dvorak way)</description>
          </configItem>
        </variant>

usr share X11 xkb symbols fr

partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "bepo_aspyct" {

    // Variation on the fr(bepo) to be more developer friendly

    include "fr(bepo)"

    name[Group1]="French (Bepo, ergonomic, Dvorak way, Aspyct)";

    // First row
    key <AE02> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [      underscore,            2,           less,  leftdoublequotemark ] }; // _ 2 < “
    key <AE03> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [       semicolon,            3,        percent, rightdoublequotemark ] }; // ; 3 % ”
    key <AE04> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [       parenleft,            4,    bracketleft,      lessthanequal ] }; // ( 4 [ ≤
    key <AE05> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [       braceleft,            5,   bracketright,   greaterthanequal ] }; // { 5 ] ≥
    key <AE12> { [         greater,        grave,       permille,        seconds ] }; // > ` ‰ ″

    // Second row

    // Third row

    // Fourth row
    key <AB02> { [               y,            Y,     parenright, leftsinglequotemark  ] }; // y Y ) ‘

    key <SPCE> { [           space, space,     underscore,          U202F ] }; // ␣ (espace) _ (espace insécable fin)
};