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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I want to try ANSI also, but it seems pretty hard to find in EU. I've considered getting a keychron for my gaming setup but I don't want a full on mechanical for work, and I don't want to use ISO at work and ANSI at home because it will screw with my muscle memory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

AliExpress is your friend. Also there are great options on Amazon, depending on your location.

Why not use a mech at work? Because it's too loud?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah I don't want to be a nuisance to my office neighbours. Right now I'm using a logitech mx keys, I could try looking for an ansi version of that.

I will probably order a keychron with low profile switches for my home setup, so I depending on how quiet it is I might get that for work as well.