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rob05c  ·  3921 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Anyone (ANSI or ISO) using an alternative keyboard layout?

    Anyone (ANSI or ISO) using an alternative keyboard layout?

I'm not, but I've strongly considered the neo layout.

I have a friend who uses the eurokb layout. He's a huge fan of it. His interest is primarily in natural language symbols. Mine is primarily mathematical symbols.

These days, I have a ton of substitutions defined in Google Docs (e.g. I type "zz" and get ℤ). It's not optimal, but it's easier than switching layouts.

While you're remapping, I highly recommend swapping ctrl and capslock. The capslock position is far superior for the much more common ctrl. They were historically that way, but were swapped when some nitwit decided keys should be symmetrical. I remapped ctrl because I use emacs; but even for normal use, it's a substantial improvement.





zonk  ·  3921 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mhhh, eurobk looks interesting, too. The first real alternative I've seen to eurKEY I might consider. I guess I'll have a closer look at both and decide then. I have to pick one either way, because I don't want to miss out on my äöüß :D

The ctrl suggestion is an interesting idea and I never thought about it. And you don't use the ctrl key as regularly as the letters for example, so it might totally be an easy switch. I think I'll give this a try, too.