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Re:Why do programming languages use curly braces? by buster on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @12:16PM (#5286894)
Wow.. now i'm wondering how quickly (if ever) i can adopt to using ctrl+alt instead of that awkward (and hated) AltGr. You never stop learning...
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Re:Why do programming languages use curly braces? by TylerE on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @01:09PM (#5287246)
Couldn't you remap your keys so normal (left) Alt is AltGr and right Alt is "normal" Alt? Alt key bindings are pretty rare.
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Re:Why do programming languages use curly braces? by ygra on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @03:15AM (#5291260)
They are? Every time I want to access a menu or a control in a dialog by keyboard I need Alt. Also in Far Alt+typing searches which I use frequently to get around the file system. Sure, one could get used to doing that with the other hand, but at least for me it's not that little muscle memory that has to be retrained.
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Re:Why do programming languages use curly braces? by TylerE on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @10:10AM (#5292684)
Really? Every program I've ever used uses Ctrl as the primary modifier.
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Re:Why do programming languages use curly braces? by ygra on Thursday February 28, 2013 @03:34AM (#5297731)
Shortcuts, yes. Access keys, no.
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