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What's wrong with just a US layout?

by worldsavior 3y ago

the_gipsy 3y ago
¿Qué?
Kichererbsen 3y ago
It's really hard to type out (e.g.) German text with the US layout.
Cloudef 3y ago
How do I type ä or ö?
- enriquto 3y ago
  > How do I type ä <COMPOSE> " a where COMPOSE is typically ALTGR, but you can map it anywhere you want, like CAPSLOCK I write daily in three european languages with many accented characters, and this is enough for all of them. I have even mapped composing a to α, b to β and so on, which is useful for the (occasional) greek word. EDIT: (thanks to gpvos comment below), on linux with xorg you can achieve this by the following configuration: # setup base keyboard layoud and model setxkbmap us setxkbmap -model evdev # set compose to right alt setxkbmap -option compose:ralt # disable capslock sticky effect, set it as modifier setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier xkbset nullify lock # enable dead greek letters xmodmap -e "keycode 148 = dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek" xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek" # swap brackets with parens (useful for programming) xmodmap -e "keycode 18 = 9 bracketleft" xmodmap -e "keycode 19 = 0 bracketright" xmodmap -e "keycode 34 = parenleft braceleft" xmodmap -e "keycode 35 = parenright braceright" # enable ridiculously fast repeat xset r rate 250 120 This nearly works on openbsd (you have to install the xkbset package, maybe there is another way). I guess that on macos and windows you can do similar things.
  - Cloudef 3y ago
    That must be painful unless you write foreign sentence just a few times a day. I'd install IME at that point, which basically gives you switchable keyboard layouts. たとえば、日本語をCOMPOSEキーで書いてみたら？
    - gpvos 3y ago
      This is the case for most programmers in Europe. {, |, and similar are more important than accented characters, but you do need accents a few times a day. And it's easy to get used to.
  - gpvos 3y ago
    Your comment is useless if you do not specify which OS and keyboard layout you are using, or which mapping utility. This is absolutely not standard everywhere.
    - Symbiote 3y ago
      It was a default on some Unix systems, and is an easy configuration option on Linux. Search "Compose key".
gpvos 3y ago
In most European languages you will want to type an occasional é, ä or ø. Preferably without having to remember character codes, and with logical keyboard combinations.

What's wrong with just a US layout?

the_gipsy 3y ago

¿Qué?

Kichererbsen 3y ago

It's really hard to type out (e.g.) German text with the US layout.

Cloudef 3y ago

How do I type ä or ö?

enriquto 3y ago
> How do I type ä <COMPOSE> " a where COMPOSE is typically ALTGR, but you can map it anywhere you want, like CAPSLOCK I write daily in three european languages with many accented characters, and this is enough for all of them. I have even mapped composing a to α, b to β and so on, which is useful for the (occasional) greek word. EDIT: (thanks to gpvos comment below), on linux with xorg you can achieve this by the following configuration: # setup base keyboard layoud and model setxkbmap us setxkbmap -model evdev # set compose to right alt setxkbmap -option compose:ralt # disable capslock sticky effect, set it as modifier setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier xkbset nullify lock # enable dead greek letters xmodmap -e "keycode 148 = dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek" xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek dead_greek" # swap brackets with parens (useful for programming) xmodmap -e "keycode 18 = 9 bracketleft" xmodmap -e "keycode 19 = 0 bracketright" xmodmap -e "keycode 34 = parenleft braceleft" xmodmap -e "keycode 35 = parenright braceright" # enable ridiculously fast repeat xset r rate 250 120 This nearly works on openbsd (you have to install the xkbset package, maybe there is another way). I guess that on macos and windows you can do similar things.
- Cloudef 3y ago
  That must be painful unless you write foreign sentence just a few times a day. I'd install IME at that point, which basically gives you switchable keyboard layouts. たとえば、日本語をCOMPOSEキーで書いてみたら？
  - gpvos 3y ago
    This is the case for most programmers in Europe. {, |, and similar are more important than accented characters, but you do need accents a few times a day. And it's easy to get used to.
- gpvos 3y ago
  Your comment is useless if you do not specify which OS and keyboard layout you are using, or which mapping utility. This is absolutely not standard everywhere.
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    It was a default on some Unix systems, and is an easy configuration option on Linux. Search "Compose key".

gpvos 3y ago

In most European languages you will want to type an occasional é, ä or ø. Preferably without having to remember character codes, and with logical keyboard combinations.