Ethiopic (Geez/Amharic) Keyboard Layouts Help?

[HabeshasNetwork]

Hello,

I was wondering how to create Amharic keyboard using the keyman software, particularly creating the deadkeys. For example, in some keyboard layouts, the Ethiopic syllable ሄ is usually produced by pressing the following sequences:

h,i,e = ሄ
h,e,e = ሄ
Or
h + Shift + E = ሄ

So how can one produce the letter ሄ by pressing h followed by “i” and “e” keys (h,i,e) or by pressing h followed by double e (h,e,e)?

I tried to design a layout on the keyman software but kept getting errors when trying to test the layout. Thanks.

[Marc]

I am guessing slightly here but I think perhaps the problem is you are thinking in terms of key sequences, whereas Keyman works in terms of an context + keystroke mapping to output. I’d suggest starting with the following help topic: Using Rules

If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to ask – it can help to include sample code that you are working with and exact error messages you receive.

[HabeshasNetwork]

Thank you very much for your reply, Marc! I’ll look into your suggestions, and the error I’ve been getting is as follows:

mKeyboard.kmn: Failure: ‘C:\Users\ye690\OneDrive\Desktop\mKeyboard.kmn’ was not compiled successfully for Windows, macOS, Linux, Desktop devices.

[joshua_horton]

There is usually some text before that line; if present, that part is likely to be more useful for us here.