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zokier on June 14, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How a keyboard changed what I look for in an edito...

Considering that how awkward AltGr is to reach, I find it difficult to understand why that layout would be very practical (for programming), considering that all of those punctuation characters are available either directly or with shift on US layout.

Trufa on June 15, 2015 [–]

You reach it with your right thumb, the same way you reach for space only a little bit more to the right.

You're then in a conformable position for reaching out to this keys I mention.

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