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I use the US layout as well, and the compose key works very well for me. I don't type often in languages necessitating it, but when I do, it's not much of a bot
by brnt 5y ago
I use the US layout as well, and the compose key works very well for me. I don't type often in languages necessitating it, but when I do, it's not much of a bother. Do people who type languages with diacritics really like those localized keyboards? Personally I have to type in a handful of languages everyday (thanks to the internet I've always done so), so I wouldn't like a layout tailored to a single language. The compose key is really a godsend.
- tkfu 5y agoI'd say that >90% of keyboard users never think about "liking" their keyboard localization at all; if you grow up in a country with a particular standardized keyboard, it's just the one you're used to, and you deal with its quirks. On top of that, I'd guess that >50% of keyboard users still need to frequently look at the keys when they're typing, so changing keyboard layouts to one that their keyboard isn't marked up for isn't a realistic option. For me personally, I also type in 3 different languages (two of them making use of various diacritics) frequently; my preference for the last decade or so has been to use the "normal" US-English layout for writing English prose, code, or working on the command line, and switching to US-International (w/dead keys) whenever I'm writing in a non-English language. I just find the dead keys on backticks and quotes to be especially annoying for programming.