Remap Mavericks alt key without external tools

Question

For some reason the way you write an @ symbol doesn't work anymore. I'm on a german keyboard and it used to be ⌥L but now it is ⌃⌥L which is annoying as hell!

Where are these kind of things stored? I just want a .plist or anything and edit it. All these tools are so incredibly annoying!

This has been asked and answered here :- http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/111858/keyboard-remapping-in-os-x-10-9 — Tony Williams, May 08 '14 at 14:56
Can you please add some details about what you have tried already and why the linked answer doesn't help you? — nohillside, May 08 '14 at 15:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '14 at 15:20

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DefaultKeyBinding.dict

Create ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict and enter

{ "~l" = (insertText:, "@"); }

This rebinds ⌥L to insert @
~ = ⌥

Quit and reopen applications for the change to take effect

answered May 08 '14 at 15:20

grg

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great! this is very useful. – Mike Furlender Dec 03 '15 at 21:52

Remap Mavericks alt key without external tools

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DefaultKeyBinding.dict

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