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Comment on Ask HN: Europeans, what keyboard layout do you use for programming?

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US, with the typical ANSI (long) return key.

The trick is to use right alt as compose key. This way I can write virtually any character (e.g. á, ß, §, ō...) in an intuitive way. E.g. ø = Compose / + o, æ = Compose a + e, etc.

I regret not using ANSI much sooner. I switched 10 years ago and I couldn't be happier. All symbols are in the right place, which helps a lot when programming.

This sounds good. What system do you use? This is a custom keyboard setting then, right?

Not op, but I use this system which has instructions for installing to Linux, Windows, and macOS. [1]

It's described as "QWERTY for Western European languages" and supports quite a few characters with simple AltGr (right alt) key combos. Alt+o = ö Alt+a = ä

(American living in Europe, I haven't wanted to move from US QWERTY physical layout, but needed an extended character set in daily use)

[1] https://altgr-weur.eu/

Linux. Any Xorg will support this. I think support in Wayland is not complete.

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