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)?

  • 0xCAFe@feddit.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I use a variant of the Neo-Layout called Bone. It’s an ergonomic layout optimized for German and English text. The base layer is already different (see the linked page), but I also really like it for programming, since there’s an entire layer with easily accessible symbols:

    Bone layout layer 3 with symbols

      • 0xCAFe@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Oh, yeah you should. I mean I’d advice against it, but since you already know the pain of switching layouts… sure, go ahead! :D

        I prefer Bone over Neo, Neo has quite broad software support though. I’m using Bone on Linux and macOS without any issues.

        • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          10 months ago

          Could you please give a few insights into why bone over neo? I’ve used neo now for a few years, curious if it would be a fun extension to switch again!