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I've heard that pre-computer typewriters actually required the ‘shift’ key pressed for numbers, and had symbols available without ‘shift,’ so numbers as primary
by aasasd 7y ago
I've heard that pre-computer typewriters actually required the ‘shift’ key pressed for numbers, and had symbols available without ‘shift,’ so numbers as primary symbols in the top row are an invention of computer engineers. Though looking at photos of typewriters suggests differently.
You can switch the shift-behavior with some software, e.g. Karabiner for Mac.
- shpx 7y agoYou can also use Programmer Dvorak, where you have to use shift to type numbers instead of symbols and the numbers are laid out as in Dvoraks original keyboard, so that the index fingers are typing the most common ones 7531902468 https://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/ https://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/ Available on Linux with setxkbmap us -variant dvp