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For your future reference, I'm Brazilian and have always used US keyboards. Every OS and DE I've used has the option to configure a US keymap with "dead keys",

For your future reference, I'm Brazilian and have always used US keyboards. Every OS and DE I've used has the option to configure a US keymap with "dead keys", which works similarly to a typewriter - you type, for instance the acute accent (') and the cursor doesn't move until you type the next key, so if you do 'a it gives you á, 'c gives you ç, ~o gives you õ etc. On macOS, I personally use the Brazilian - Pro mapping but there might be others. There's nothing particularly "Brazilian" about that mapping either so it might just work for you regardless. I recall using one called "US International" or something similar on Windows and Linux.

OJFord 6y ago
Doesn't it annoy you when you want to type 'a quoted sentence beginning with one of them'?
- Shared404 6y ago
  I would think you would just strike ' then <space>. I would think it would be less annoying over all if you use accents a lot.
  - cassianoleal 6y ago
    That, and the fact that I have a keyboard shortcut to switch quickly when I need.
toyg 6y ago
US International is indeed the keyboard layout most would recommend for people who need compose keys. Except it's absolutely utterly pants for developers, who need the single-quote key more often than they'll ever need a compose. At least that's my experience. Many (most?) Windows layouts that are not US, like English-UK, will likely have combos with AltGr that are more useful than US International. I use Colemak, which has a compose triggered with AltGr+` and a bunch of others. I couple that with AutoHotkey to trigger it via CapsLock, as documented here: http://blog.pythonaro.com/2020/06/better-access-to-special-characters.html http://blog.pythonaro.com/2020/06/better-access-to-special-c... MacOS is a different beast, I currently do stuff with a programmable keyboard but Alt+` is a pretty good compose combo.
wenc 6y ago
Ah yes, I looked into US International. However the fact that the accent deadkeys (', `, ~, ^, ") are common punctuation kinda messes up my coding productivity, so I had to find another way. macOS's Option + key chords are highly productive but aren't supported on all platforms, so I settled on the Compose key as a compromise. (my Compose key is mapped to the Menu key on Windows keyboards which almost nobody ever uses -- in contrast the Windows key is used a lot) Compose keystrokes are slower because they are sequences and not chords, but they're intuitive enough and work well for me.
- cassianoleal 6y ago
  On the Mac I have 2 input sources configured (one with, one without dead keys) and a shortcut to switch between them.

OJFord 6y ago

Doesn't it annoy you when you want to type 'a quoted sentence beginning with one of them'?

Shared404 6y ago
I would think you would just strike ' then <space>. I would think it would be less annoying over all if you use accents a lot.
- cassianoleal 6y ago
  That, and the fact that I have a keyboard shortcut to switch quickly when I need.

toyg 6y ago

US International is indeed the keyboard layout most would recommend for people who need compose keys. Except it's absolutely utterly pants for developers, who need the single-quote key more often than they'll ever need a compose. At least that's my experience. Many (most?) Windows layouts that are not US, like English-UK, will likely have combos with AltGr that are more useful than US International. I use Colemak, which has a compose triggered with AltGr+` and a bunch of others. I couple that with AutoHotkey to trigger it via CapsLock, as documented here: http://blog.pythonaro.com/2020/06/better-access-to-special-characters.html http://blog.pythonaro.com/2020/06/better-access-to-special-c... MacOS is a different beast, I currently do stuff with a programmable keyboard but Alt+` is a pretty good compose combo.

wenc 6y ago

Ah yes, I looked into US International. However the fact that the accent deadkeys (', `, ~, ^, ") are common punctuation kinda messes up my coding productivity, so I had to find another way. macOS's Option + key chords are highly productive but aren't supported on all platforms, so I settled on the Compose key as a compromise. (my Compose key is mapped to the Menu key on Windows keyboards which almost nobody ever uses -- in contrast the Windows key is used a lot) Compose keystrokes are slower because they are sequences and not chords, but they're intuitive enough and work well for me.

cassianoleal 6y ago
On the Mac I have 2 input sources configured (one with, one without dead keys) and a shortcut to switch between them.