I did try the map that is available on: http://mac.i-manu.com/french-canadian-keyboard-layout-clavier-canadien-francais/ on a Mac after downloading it and installing it on one of the Macs on display at the local Mac store and it seemed to be the real deal.

There were no differences I could detect in the location of the “`”, “‘”, “, [], ç, ë keys, which and @ (using alt-car) which are the important ones.

Is yours the exact same?

The one that comes by default with Mac OS is the CSA/ACNOR (similar to Canadian Multilingual Standard) which I don’t like.

The only problem is if you buy MacBook or Mac keyboard with the “French” layout, you’ll get the key labels to match the French CSA layout, so the labels will be wrong. Personally, I use a US-keyboard Mac with the “Canadien français 0.9″.

Is:

- è typed with “`” + “e”?
- à typed with “`” + “a”?
- ù typed with “`” + “u”?
- ‘ typed with “shift” + “,”?
- ” typed with “shift + “2″?
- “[" and "]” right next to “p” when using “alt-car”?
- “^” right next to “p”?
- “ç” and “¨” two keys to the right of “p”?

Another user has told me that the map has “some” features of the traditional Canadian-French map, but not all of the above, which makes it difficult to use.

Is this true? The ability to use the keyboard intuitively like I do now would be a deal breaker for me in getting a Macbook or not. I really want one, but couldn’t afford to have to learn two different systems to be efficient working at work on a PC and then at home on my Mac.

Can you please confirm?

Many thanks and best regards,

Claude

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