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> Fun but I tend to type code fast. When you’re used to it, and given the comparative infrequency of the characters you use it for, it’s not much of a burden—j
by chrismorgan 3y ago
> Fun but I tend to type code fast.
When you’re used to it, and given the comparative infrequency of the characters you use it for, it’s not much of a burden—just ~three key presses instead of one.
> Really dont need an extra modifier key.
Note that Compose isn’t a modifier key in the most common understanding of the word: you don’t hold it down while you press the others (which would certainly be awful for its ergonomics), but you press keys in sequence.
> Not to mention there isnt one on your regular keyboard.
On my current laptop I map RAlt to Compose. On my previous laptop, it was RMenu. There’s always at least one key there that you literally never need to use, and I find the ergonomics for thumb usage very comfortable. (But I really wish Space was split into at least two keys. It’s so stupidly large.)
- kps 3y ago> (But I really wish Space was split into at least two keys. It’s so stupidly large.) If you can stand the tiny distant Return, get a Japanese keyboard.