Re:A Keyboard with Blank Keycaps Made Me an Expert Typist
by viktor4006094 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:28AM
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> Also, to get the original character, press space (or double press them to double type them).
If you don't like this behavior then then I can recommend using a modified US-International layout where those keys are only dead if AltGr is held down [1]. Alternatively, you can use a version where AltGr acts as the modifier [2].
The latter is what I use since I only need it for Swedish special characters (åäö) which I get by typing AltGr+W, AltGr+Q, and AltGr+P.
I found that using US-international mostly removes the need to look for the dedicated accented letter.
It works by making you compose accented character instead of typing them directly.
For instance, you have to press the grave accent key [`] then [a] to make "à". The apostrophe doubles as the acute accent and cedilla key, so ['] then [e] makes "é", [`] and [c] makes "ç".
It works for most diacritics in European languages (`, ~, ^, ', "). Also, to get the original character, press space (or double press them to double type them).
It's probably a tiny bit slower than having dedicated keys, but I find the consistency nice to have.