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If you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be? (vger.social)

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[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

Caps lock is stuck in what is a great place for a modifier. Specifically ctrl. Compose can be somewhere to the right.

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I prefer to keep ctrl where they are. But if you insist on moving left ctrl to caps Lock, that means that bottom left is available for compose.

Compose is best to have on the left side, as the first key struck immediately after it is usually one of the characters on the right. Plus, historically, keyboards that actually had a dedicated compose key had it in the left. Where shift is now, I think.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I'm very much fine with that, too. I just think it was on the right on Sun keyboards. Either way, not the most common key but infinitely more useful than a caps lock.

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

It has some niche use(r)s. I for one use it daily - My preferred keyboard layout is US Dvorak, but as a noggie I sometimes need to type æøåÆØÅ, so I use compose for those, as well as the occasional trademark, copyright, degrees, etc.

[-] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key.

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