You haven't cath what I am meaning.
I know we can compose a lot of symbols, more than composed letter we see PRINTED ON that keyboard, but the PROBLEM IS that a lot of people will see a keyboard for GERMANS, for GERMAN language (even although it isn't QWERTZ but QWERTY) and they will go away.
Do you unerstand me? I know we can compose, even redefine all keyboard (although then we loose printed symbols usability), but normal people watching Pyra for 1st time will see a product localized for German language, a roduct for Germans, and they will move on without givin Pyra a chance. They will lost Pyra posibilities and Pyra would lost a bigger comunity/market/visibility/etc.
«I wasn't even able to find a layout editor or solid picture that represented the final keyboard layout»: is it this?
http://pandoralive.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/renderkeyboard.jpeg
No, AltGr, which is really just, RightAlt, is not labeled as such and will be turned off by default. It can be activated, but you probably won't want or need to. Frankly, Compose works better than AltGr. Yes, dead key diacritics were given consideration.
«German and French were made easier by housing commonly needed characters on a section of the Fn layer. Those facts do not interfere with English use OR with international use»: we know it, but a lot of people will see a German keyboard, and will go away without more investigation.
«Compose is still present. It is at Fn+space»: I know it; (look at the above picture). In German you can type German composed letters diectly (type Fn and key with that special symbol on orange), TWO KEYS; on other languages you have to type Fn key, then "Compose" (space key), then two more keys to compose: FOUR KEYS, while in a US international layout we only press 2 keys for most composed letter in near all western languages (with Latin base). Sorry but you are exactly SHOWING US this is a keyboard for GERMANS.
I write a lot of in tech blogs in my mother language, and I will speak about Pyra, but really I can't defend its keyboard (printed) layout.
«In fact, nearly every key has up to 16 distinct functional capabilities using normal, shift, Fn, Alt & Ctrl modifiers that can be set to a specific outcome»: we know, but most "normal" people will see a German keyboard for Germans (with "normal" I mean people not knowing what we know).
«What is your primary language? Maybe we can help you understand how the keyboard can work for you?»: You didn't understand me: I HAVE NO PROBLEM [1] the PROBLEM is for Pyra because "normal" people will see a German keyboard for Germans.
[1]: My mother language is Spanish (and here a normal keyboard use dead keys, except for ñ, we compose á é í ó etc with dead key). But if I buy a computer with Spanish keyboard I change it for US keyboard because it is more ergonomic, has symbols in better place for programming and tech, is the standard in retro computing I love, and I can type in any western language with easy: this layout (US International) is made for that: INTERNATIONAL (obviously with QWERTY base as it is the most used base), no "better" for xxx language and worse for others.
I must insist: I have no problem: in my normal live I use a US keyboard (with international layout in soft) to type in my other languages. I know in Pyra we can compose, redefine, etc, etc, but that is not the problem I am speaking of: the problem is that to most people it won't look an INTERNATIONAL and "neutral" keyboard but a keyboard for Germans, and a lot of people then won't consider Pyra, they will go away: that is the problem.