Do any of you program on non-US keyboard layouts?
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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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Well, after trying a US keyboard for coding I never went back to a french one. It's so much easier...
I have read somewhere that france and belgium have a minor code deficit compared to eurooeab countys that use qwerty.
Looking it up its not hard to see why.
Interesting, but I'm skeptical. Couldn't find anything that corroborates.
I understand your premise as a quality deficit, but really the issue I had was typing speed / convenience.
It's more of a QOL thing. The final code is the same quality I think.
Also, we spend much our time reading and thinking about the code rather than writing it.