Get rid of dead keys

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I am using a normal german keyboard and am well aware of the different keystrokes, to insert different diacritic characters as œ or Á. But being a programmer, I desire to be able to insert some diacritic characters directly, instead of using that key as dead key. For example, I would love to insert ^ by only tying the ^ once.

How to get rid of those dead keys?

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One way is to create a custom layout with Ukelele

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Manual Smart Quotes</name>
    <identifier>ManualSmartQuotes</identifier>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__
      KeyCode::BRACKET_RIGHT, VK_OPTION | ModifierFlag::NONE,
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      KeyCode::BRACKET_LEFT, VK_OPTION, | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L,
      KeyCode::BRACKET_RIGHT, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L
    </autogen>
  </item>
</root>

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