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The square bracket buttons seem like fairly fundamental characters to relegate to very non-clear three-button shortcut that isn't even labeled on a keyboard. I
by skizm 7y ago
The square bracket buttons seem like fairly fundamental characters to relegate to very non-clear three-button shortcut that isn't even labeled on a keyboard. I also don't see curly braces? Seems like an impractical keyboard layout, no?
- bigbaguette 7y agoMac keyboards, you get used to it in no time. alt ( for the curly bracket alt-shift ( for the square one A ton of special characters are accessible this way
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- lloeki 7y agoThere's some kind of typographical logic to it, like alt-t is †, alt-l is ¬, alt-shift-l is |, alt-/ becomes ÷, ? and ! get upside down Spanish-style, you can probably guess where ≤≥≠± come from...
- twic 7y agoAnd delta is alt-J, because the band Alt-J use a delta as a logo: https://the-little-locket-blog.tumblr.com/post/115916807689/alt-j-lockscreens-and-wallpapers https://the-little-locket-blog.tumblr.com/post/115916807689/...
- Symbiote 7y agoFor 99% of people, []{} are obscure mathematical symbols with little purpose in daily life. Many English-keyboard-owners can't type "6°C" correctly, or "6000cm³", so I can't say Belgium's standard is worse.
- derefr 7y ago{} are certainly not punctuation you'd find in a newspaper, but [] are—those are editorial parenthetical markers! How do your journalists subtly make fun of their sources if they can't type "[sic]"‽
- hinkley 7y agoI was so happy to figure out 23°C on OS X, but ³ still stymies me.
- Symbiote 7y agoI type them with the Compose key on Linux. ° is Compose, o, o. ³ is Compose, ^, 3. € is Compose, C, =. — is Compose, -, -, -. Ê is Compose, ^, E. There are hundreds of reasonably guessable combinations.