Also, some keyboard layouts use dead keys for inputting ^ as a diacritic (for example, ABNT2 Portuguese, the standard in Brazil). This means that to type "â" I

Also, some keyboard layouts use dead keys for inputting ^ as a diacritic (for example, ABNT2 Portuguese, the standard in Brazil). This means that to type "â" I press the ^ key, which is actually Shift+~, then I press the letter to go under it, in this case, "a". If I want to type a standalone ^, I have to either press Shift+~ twice, or follow the Shift+~ with an invalid letter, such as "q" or space. So typing a lot of code that uses ^ is very annoying. For example, to type "^section" you have to do: Shift+~, Space, S... Additionally, and this is purely Apple's fault for being entirely deranged, on Macs you have to watch out even further, as it is possible to write both ^ and ˆ, depending on what you press. Shift+~ then space prints the lone diacritic, while Shift+~ then right arrow prints the ASCII ^ you've seen so far. Obviously, having to reach for the arrow keys for a common occurrence when typing is incredibly inconvenient, on top of the inconvenience described previously.