I did not realize this was a thing until I just switched to AZERTY which… despite being marketed as being “similar” to QWERTY, is still tripping me up

Edit: since this came up twice: I’m switching since I’m relocating to the French-speaking part of the world & I just happened to want to learn the language/culture, so yeah

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    I don’t use it, but Slovak QWERTZ is the standard in my country. But using it feels like a pain in the ass (for me). Some characters need ctrl+alt rather than just shift, others may only be written with alt codes, at least on Windows…

    Part of my graduation exam was literally to just type \ % @ & on a computer. Thankfully for me, settings wasn’t blocked, so I just added US layout.

    If I need some slovak characters I do either one of the following:

    1. Say “fuck it” and write it without diacritics (“like SMS”)
    2. If needed in forms, use KCharSelect
    3. Smartphone virtual keyboard
    4. Like 1 but printed on paper with diacritics added using a pen
    5. Write it in English even if I am not supposed to and wait for the outcome
    6. Write it in English, pipe it to Google Translate (I find writing in English mostly easier anyway - doesn’t mean I am good at it)
    7. Write it in English, (attempt to) translate it myself
    8. Good ol’ pen 'n paper all the way (I mean, I’ve got a fountain pen too)
    • hinterlufer@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      have you tried the eurokey layout? At least for German it has all the relevant characters easily reachable.