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μ is used a fair bit by anyone who uses the metric system, so it makes sense to include it. It's used as a prefix to denote a millionth for those that don't kno
by tirpen 6y ago
μ is used a fair bit by anyone who uses the metric system, so it makes sense to include it. It's used as a prefix to denote a millionth for those that don't know, as in µm = micrometer = a millionth of a meter.
It's mapped to Alt-Gr+M on Swedish keyboards as well, but I've never seen a keyboard where it's actually written on out on the key.
- IceDane 6y ago> A fair bit by anyone who uses the metric system? I'm sorry, but what? Most people who use the metric system can't tell you which is smaller: micro or milli. Most people will never encounter anything in their lifetime they will actually need to reason about in some important manner that is measured in μ-anything. As a user of the Icelandic layout I wasn't even aware that the key was on there, but I can confirm that we absolutely don't need it. I think there are probably a lot of keyboard layouts that could use modernizing wrt. how they are actually used today.
- Symbiote 6y agoµ would be used by scientists, engineers, doctors and nurses. That doesn't seem unreasonable, when we have <, >, { and } for mathematics, \ originally for logicians (to combine to make /\ AND and \/ OR) and |, @, _ and # for programming.