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I’m a programmer, working with different languages/Formats (Java, Python, XML, HTML, Objective-C etc.). From time to I’ve to work on a Mac and I’m not very comfortable with the German keyboard layout for programming.
Is there somebody with the same problem and, if so, how did you solve it?
I recently did an internship in England and used this opportunity to switch to the English keyboard layout. The switch was nearly completely straightforward and I can heartily recommend it, especially since you can still type the German umlauts very well on the English keyboard layout (Alt+u, then a/o/u types the corresponding umlaut; Alt+s types “ß”).
The keys used for programming are much easier reachable, especially “
[]” and “{}” (which are both on “ü” and “+”). Also, “/” and “\” better placed. The only think I absolutely hate is the placement of the “+” key because it requires the shift key!