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Do any of you program on non-US keyboard layouts? (upload.wikimedia.org)
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I've used a US-QWERTY keyboard layout my entire life. I've seen other layouts that do things like reduce the size of the enter/backspace keys, move the pipe operator (|) and can't wrap my head around how I would code on those.

What are your experiences? Are there any layouts that you prefer for coding over US English? Are there any symbols that you have a hard time reaching ($ for example)?

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[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I ever would work outside Germany, I will bring my own QWERTZ keyboard and require them to install the German Keyboard.

The computer doesn't know which labels are printed onto the key caps. You can type any layout you want, no matter the physical layout.

[-] ZeldaFreak@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Except that there exist multiple physical layouts and then keys can be missing and some keys are shaped different.

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