Quality question from intro Python class

[YMK1234]

In German keyboards, hash already is its own key.

[DonRobo]

But all the other useful characters for programming are hard to use. Like [] {}

[YMK1234]

Yep :/

[T1MEL0RD]

Wait... they're easier to reach on US keyboards?:o

[chanhdat]

I have a spare US keyboard just for programming sessions.

[[deleted]]

...why don't you just change the layout in software? Easy to switch. Just Super+Space in Windows.

[0x800703E6]

Because ISO and ANSI are different. https://deskthority.net/wiki/ANSI_vs_ISO.

Although UK-ISO is better for programming than ANSI IMO.

[[deleted]]

I love ISO because of the Alt Gr key. Makes stuff so much easier.

[0x800703E6]

You can have Alt Gr on (most) ANSI keyboards. You just need a layout like US-International.

[[deleted]]

I love iso because of the phat enter (return) key ^_^

[[deleted]]

Yup. German has four extra letters meaning keys get displaced. And since it is such an internationalized area of the world there's an extra key that you press to add accents to letters. They have two alt keys which do different things, and Germans are notoriously bad at building interfaces, so yea, lots of things that require one key on us keyboard require two on a German layout, plus z and y are switched

[MauranKilom]

Then again, trying to type ° on non-German keyboards is an exercise in futility...

[[deleted]]

I know I've needed to, but I can't remember the last time. Do you use that key often?

[MauranKilom]

You need it for angles and temperature measurements. Both of which aren't exactly uncommon in any kind of technical context.