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		stkdump on April 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why keyboard shortcuts don't work on non-US layout... I now exclusively use US-International No Dead Keys. I just use the right alt key + qpys to get äöüß. I hate having to switch layouts and switching layouts accidentally while typing. Those key combinations are not worse than []{}\ on the german layout.

layer8 on April 8, 2021 [–]

I use a US keyboard with Caps Lock mapped to Compose (using WinCompose [0]), which lets me type any Unicode character I need. Totally agree that switching layouts is a pain.

[0] https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose

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