Kirgudu - automatic switch keyboard layout
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
One of the most frequent questions asked by switchers, recently switched to Mac, - what are the alternatives to Punto? Automatic switch layout for Mac OS X is - is RuSwitcher. He, however, is rarely updated, it seems that the developer, Alex Proskuryakov lost to free the application of interest. There were rumors that are being developed Punto for Mac, but that's as far as we know, off the ground did not move. Today, one option was more - meet Kirgudu.
"Kirgudu" - automatic switch keyboard layouts. The program works in the dictionary, so that currently supports Russian and English keyboard layout (Ukrainian - switching in manual mode only).
Automatic switching does not work with all applications, but only with those which provided support Accessibility. In the span were Opera, Firefox, PSI and others. Where automatic switching is especially important - Pages and TexEdit - no problem.
"Kirgudu" may work in a manual shift mode layout. Then you can use any hotkeys, including CAPS LOCK!
Features:
- Manual switching input language for the last word you typed, or the selected text;
- The possibility of replacing the standard input language selection icons in the menu bar;
- Temporarily switch between layouts Kirgudu based on the time you press a modifier key.
"Kirgudu" only works on Mac OS 10.5.X and higher, support for older versions of the developer is not planned. The program is free. You can download it here.