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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by namingthingsiseasy to c/programming
 

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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[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Average American trying to comprehend that people from other countries exist

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

... or just didn't know UK keyboards were different

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean the layout they mentioned is called "US" layout I'm sure they could deduct that there are other country specific ones

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've seen Tomorrow Never Dies, so I know there are Chinese keyboards.

The UK speaks English though, so I would have figured a UK keyboard would be at least very similar to a US keyboard, enough so that switching from one to the other wouldn't be too hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Every language has a different lay out because they are all based upon the typing machine.

Which needed a specific layout so the hammers didn't hit each other during commonly typed letters.

And yes, British English is a different language than American English. That is why you have things like colour and color.