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Downloads:
152
Downloads of v 2.6:
152
Last Update:
03 Aug 2019
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Andrew Swaine
Tags:
keyferret.portable unicode keyboard input- Software Specific:
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Keyferret (Portable)
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Downloads:
152
Downloads of v 2.6:
152
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Andrew Swaine
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To install Keyferret (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Keyferret (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Keyferret (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download keyferret.portable --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade keyferret.portable -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade keyferret.portable -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure keyferret.portable installed
win_chocolatey:
name: keyferret.portable
state: present
version: 2.6
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'keyferret.portable' do
action :install
version '2.6'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: keyferret.portable,
Version: 2.6,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller keyferret.portable
{
Name = 'keyferret.portable'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '2.6'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'keyferret.portable':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '2.6',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install keyferret.portable version="2.6" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.
- Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
- Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
- Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.
Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.
This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 05 Aug 2019.
Keyferret is a simple way to type characters that you don't normally find on your keyboard, in any Windows application, using the Right Alt (AltGr) key. For example:
- à: Type a, then RAlt+`
- œ: Type RAlt+oe
- þ (thorn): Type RAlt+t
- – (en dash) : Type RAlt+-
- ½: Type RAlt+1/2
- ²: Type 2, then RAlt++
- ≠: Type =, then RAlt+/
- 𝑥: Type x, then RAlt+\i
- ⊈: Type RAlt+<s=/
- ∰: Type RAlt+=SSSo
Features
- It's free.
- Works in any program (unless it's running under elevated security, such as an installer).
- Interactive help: hold RAlt and it'll show you what you're inserting, or what to press to get related characters. No searching through keystroke tables, just follow the hints as to what to press next.
- You can undo keypresses as you explore the characters available by pressing RAlt+<Backspace>.
- Intuitively enter all characters required by any language using the Latin alphabet (used for most Western languages) all from a single layout.
- Symbols for currencies, dashes, proper quotes, maths, arrows, subscripts/superscripts, ringed letters and numbers, and much more.
- Implements quickly selectable alternate layouts for entering IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) characters, Greek, and Cyrillic text, including historical and rare characters.
- The help includes information on each character from the official Unicode database, giving its name, grouping, and (where relevant) information about how the character should be used.
- If you don't press RAlt, your keyboard works just as before – plays nicely with other programs.
- Access the full power of Unicode combining characters, which enable diacritics to be placed on any character – particularly useful for medieval sequences such as oͤ.
- Designed for US and UK keyboards (where the RAlt key can be safely remapped).
- If you're up for it, you can edit the layout file to add other layouts, symbols and characters (probably necessary if you want to support non US/UK keyboards).
- Takes advantage of the improved Unicode font support in Windows 10, supporting nearly every character Windows can display that is (according to Unicode) based on the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek alphabets.
- Enables typing of all characters defined by MUFI (the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative) version 4.0 that are adopted by Unicode. In order to some of them (primarily combining forms of Latin scribal abbreviations) you will need to install the Junicode font.
- Can be natively installed or run as a no-install utility (for example if you don't have administrator privileges).
From: keyferret\license.txt in the zip file.
LICENSE
Keyferret License
=================
All of the documentation and software included in this package is
copyrighted by Andrew Swaine.
Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Andrew Swaine. All rights reserved.
This software is provided "as-is," without any express or implied warranty.
In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the
use of this software.
Permission is granted to you to use this software for your personal use,
for any purpose, including commercial applications.
You may not modify or make publically available any part of this
software in any form, with the following exception:
* You may modify and distribute modified versions of the file
"global.kflf", provided that you make it clear to people that might
use it that you have modified it.
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
Package can be verified like this:
1. Download:
x32: http://www.keyferret.com/download/7/keyferret-2.6.zip
x64: http://www.keyferret.com/download/7/keyferret-2.6.zip
2. You can use one of the following methods to obtain the SHA256 checksum:
- Use powershell function 'Get-FileHash'
- Use Chocolatey utility 'checksum.exe'
checksum type: sha256
checksum32: DB37F4D0D44E9D5073D2B3BF32DDB84C25E64AB30ADBD5A4CFAA3B890C7EE995
checksum64: DB37F4D0D44E9D5073D2B3BF32DDB84C25E64AB30ADBD5A4CFAA3B890C7EE995
File 'LICENSE.txt' is obtained from: keyferret\license.txt in the zip file.
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
destination = "$toolsDir"
file = "$toolsDir\keyferret-2.6.zip"
}
Get-ChocolateyUnzip @packageArgs
Remove-Item -Path $packageArgs.file
# Install start menu shortcut
$programs = [environment]::GetFolderPath([environment+specialfolder]::Programs)
$shortcutFilePath = Join-Path $programs "Keyferret.lnk"
$targetPath = Join-Path $toolsDir "keyferret\keyferret.exe"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath $shortcutFilePath -targetPath $targetPath
# Remove start menu shortcut
$programs = [environment]::GetFolderPath([environment+specialfolder]::Programs)
$shortcutFilePath = Join-Path $programs "Keyferret.lnk"
if (Test-Path $shortcutFilePath) { Remove-Item $shortcutFilePath }
md5: CB18D9C4C2C1F72C45879865AE6511C3 | sha1: 22ADE294773CEEA65472B4EA38D28B5228D354F3 | sha256: DB37F4D0D44E9D5073D2B3BF32DDB84C25E64AB30ADBD5A4CFAA3B890C7EE995 | sha512: 933BB15CDA801FAF8A4DF5735F52C774E93A8C5800C1A765EBCE36E93C9B15D044961A5A0CDD42281F4A5B6D5133A0A1CC2596BF70FF497AC4C18EF71EE78B46
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- msvcp140.dll (8cabbd2ad374) - ## / 68
- vcruntime140.dll (dacddfb8c14e) - ## / 69
- keyferret.portable.2.6.nupkg (5724e00eac5e) - ## / 62
- keyferret-2.6.zip (db37f4d0d44e) - ## / 59
- keyferret.exe (df7afe3ee97b) - ## / 68
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Keyferret (Portable) 2.6 | 152 | Saturday, August 3, 2019 | Approved |
Copyright © 2015-2018 Andrew Swaine.
This package has no dependencies.
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