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Ask HN: Euro English vs. US keyboard – Is there a difference?
The new X1 carbon is out in the UK today. I'm used to US American keyboard layout but Lenovo cannot supply this in the UK. They recommended I go for Euro English. I'm told its very similar but how similar is it? (Keyboard layout is very important to me as someone who writes code). It's not easy to find Euro English photos online. Especially not on Carbons.
Is it just a difference with the extra Euro label on the "5" key and the right Alt labelled as "Alt gr"? Or are there more layout-specific differences?
- mtmail 9y agoThis page has a good list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards For software development the biggest difference is the position of the @, #, |, \ and ~ keys.
- harel 9y agoI'm well aware of the British and American layouts (I cannot use UK keyboards as a coder). But what about the "Euro English" keyboard? Is that an equivalent of the American one? Or something else completely?