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Re:Anic - Faster than C, Safer than Java, Simpler than *sh by eru on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @12:09PM (#4381618)
You might want to try the Neo layout. It's a modern layout that includes international characters, like German Umlauts.

(I'm also German and switched to American Dvorak earlier. I only heard about Neo later, and am too lazy to switch now.)

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Re:Anic - Faster than C, Safer than Java, Simpler than *sh by dkersten on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @01:08PM (#4381942)
I guess if LCtrl and their LMod3 were swapped (ie so that capslock is used as Ctrl for shortcut keys), I could see this being an interesting layout. It has all the common keys either on the home row or easily reached from the home row. I can't ever see myself switching from Colemak though, I like how the fingers roll across adjacent keys too much.

(Plus since I don't type much German, I don't need quick access to üöäß, though an English-centric variant of Neo would be.. interesting, maybe using those keys for the most common programming symbols?)

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