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And this works right until a developer who doesn't speak the language will have to deal with that code, which will happen much sooner than you'd expect. Half of
by DrJokepu 15y ago
And this works right until a developer who doesn't speak the language will have to deal with that code, which will happen much sooner than you'd expect. Half of the fun is figuring out the meaning of variable names, the other half is figuring out how to type ß on a non-German keyboard.
- chc 15y agoMinor side note: I cannot for the life of me figure out why other operating systems won't borrow Apple's fantastic input scheme, in which this something as simple as a ß isn't a big deal. Need an emdash? Easy, option-shift-minus. Need an ñ? Easy, option-n-n. ß, ≠, ¡, ÷ or any number of other relatively common symbols? Easy. Most of them are even fairly mnemonic (e.g. ß is option-S, ¡ is option-1, ≠ is option-= and ÷ is option-/).
- ZenPsycho 15y agoLion made this even easier by stealing iOS's input scheme: Hold down a keyboard key for long enough and you can pick a special character out of a context pop out. îïíīįì šéē