Ask HN: Best keyboard layout for programming
I usually use nordic layout, but it seems like some of the special characters is more convenient on a US layout.
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When it comes to understanding the features and tradeoffs of keyboards for programming, I've never seen a better resource this Xah Lee's Keyboard pages [1].
One of the big things I learned is symmetric C- and M- for Emacs.
I like the MS Natural Ergonomic 4000 because it is designed to sit in a person's lap. I can't describe how much better this is than VT100 knockoffs. And it's not absurdly priced [from a price anchoring perspective].
[1] http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboarding.html
One of the big things I learned is symmetric C- and M- for Emacs.
I like the MS Natural Ergonomic 4000 because it is designed to sit in a person's lap. I can't describe how much better this is than VT100 knockoffs. And it's not absurdly priced [from a price anchoring perspective].
[1] http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboarding.html
sadly it is hard to get US layout keyboard on a laptop, when you live in a Scandinavian country
It may not be a solution for you, but AFAIK, all online Apple stores let you select a U.S. keyboard for all laptops (I just checked a single laptop on both store.apple.com/se and store.apple.com/no) at no additional cost.
programmer dvorak
your fingers will thank you.
your fingers will thank you.