Keyboard layouts (#30)

* Make switching keyboard layouts easier

* Fix broken image link

* fix typos
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![USB enable/disable mode](images/usb-boot-mode.png)
### Changing Keyboard Layouts
Copied from [Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts](https://github.com/Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts/blob/main/PICODUCKY.md)
#### How to use one of these layouts with the pico-ducky repository.
**Go to the [latest release page](https://github.com/Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts/releases/latest), look if your language is in the list.**
#### If your language/layout is in the bundle
Download the `py` zip, named `circuitpython-keyboard-layouts-py-XXXXXXXX.zip`
**NOTE: You can use the mpy version targetting the version of Circuitpython that is on the device, but on Raspberry Pi Pico you don't need it - they only reduce file size and memory use on load, which the pico has plenty of.**
#### If your language/layout is not in the bundle
Try the online generator, it should get you a zip file with the bundles for yout language
https://www.neradoc.me/layouts/
#### Now you have a zip file
#### Find your language/layout in the lib directory
For a language `LANG`, copy the following files from the zip's `lib` folder to the `lib` directory of the board.
**DO NOT** modify the adafruit_hid directory. Your files go directly in `lib`.
**DO NOT** change the names or extensions of the files. Just pick the right ones.
Replace `LANG` with the letters for your language of choice.
- `keyboard_layout.py`
- `keyboard_layout_win_LANG.py`
- `keycode_win_LANG.py`
Don't forget to get [the adafruit_hid library](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID/releases/latest).
This is what it should look like **if your language is French for example**.
![CIRCUITPY drive screenshot](https://github.com/Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts/raw/main/docs/drive_pico_ducky.png)
#### Modify the pico-ducky code to use your language file:
At the start of the file comment out these lines:
```py
from adafruit_hid.keyboard_layout_us import KeyboardLayoutUS as KeyboardLayout
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode
```
Uncomment these lines:
*Replace `LANG` with the letters for your language of choice. The name must match the file (without the py or mpy extension).*
```py
from keyboard_layout_win_LANG import KeyboardLayout
from keycode_win_LANG import Keycode
```
## Useful links and resources
### Docs

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import usb_hid
from adafruit_hid.keyboard import Keyboard
from adafruit_hid.keyboard_layout_us import KeyboardLayoutUS
# comment out these lines for non_US keyboards
from adafruit_hid.keyboard_layout_us import KeyboardLayoutUS as KeyboardLayout
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode
# uncomment these lines for non_US keyboards
# replace LANG with appropriate language
#from keyboard_layout_win_LANG import KeyboardLayout
#from keycode_win_LANG import Keycode
import time
import digitalio
from board import *
@@ -74,7 +82,7 @@ def parseLine(line):
runScriptLine(newScriptLine)
kbd = Keyboard(usb_hid.devices)
layout = KeyboardLayoutUS(kbd)
layout = KeyboardLayout(kbd)
# sleep at the start to allow the device to be recognized by the host computer
time.sleep(.5)