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Tildes are painful to type on several non-English layouts (e.g. Swedish). I like their Unixy vibe but disdain having to type them.
by nemetroid 5y ago
Tildes are painful to type on several non-English layouts (e.g. Swedish). I like their Unixy vibe but disdain having to type them.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoHmm, I use both Swedish and English layouts and I'd say they're about as painful to type on both. It's almost the exact same movement, except with the other hand.
- nemetroid 5y agoReally? Tilde is a dead key on a typical Swedish keyboard, meaning that you have to type AltGr+~ followed by space. Technically, the space is not needed for letters that ~ doesn't compose with, but having to think about that is part of the pain. I also can't agree that it's almost the same hand movement, you have to use your right thumb for AltGr while also reaching for the key with your right hand. On an English layout you'd use your pinky for shift, or even your other hand.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoYou've already got your thumb by space after hitting ~. Pretty natural to just tap it. Swedish QWERTY has a lot of awkward symbols, but ~ isn't anywhere near the same class as something like {
- nemetroid 5y agoSure, {[]} are in their own league. But ~ is still very different, in a negative way, on the Swedish layout compared to an English layout.
- sph 5y agoAnd tildes don't exist al all on some keyboards. I remember memorising Alt+126 to enter a tilde on Windows with an Italian keyboard.