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This keyboard layout, also known as AFNOR Azerty NF Z 71-300, has since be standardized. Drivers[0] are available and keyboards[1] can be purchased. I am using
by styx31 5y ago
This keyboard layout, also known as AFNOR Azerty NF Z 71-300, has since be standardized. Drivers[0] are available and keyboards[1] can be purchased.
I am using this layout for more than 1 year for programming and writing in french, and it's really good. I find it even better that the international keyboard layout or qwerty.
The fact that they have considered both the programming language approach AND the natural language typing is a real pleasure.
[0] https://norme-azerty.fr/ https://norme-azerty.fr/ and https://github.com/springcomp/optimized-azerty-win https://github.com/springcomp/optimized-azerty-win
[1] https://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00279741.html https://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00279741.html
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- bestouff 5y agoEven better, there are already "drivers" in modern Linux distribution, e.g. under GNOME you have to choose "Français (AZERTY, AFNOR)" as keyboard layout.
- Diti 5y agoThere are a whopping 4 different AFNOR AZERTY keyboards available in the world. A shame it is not more developed.
- louhike 5y agoAside from the LDLC one, what are the 3 others? I cannot find them.
- supermatt 5y agoI am surprised at the prominence of ™, ® and ©. Are they commonly used when typing in french, or is this likely an issue with the sources they used? e.g. source code with copyright notices, etc. Theres also (to my mind) some oddities around the inconsistencies around é and É, and ù and Ù where they use different modifier keys to choose the upper and lower case variations. Tilde ~ was removed? Ezh ʒ was added? No doubt its better now you actually have the keys you need available for the language itself - but maybe it needed a bit of curation as to their selection and consistent modifier-key selection?