My Keyboard Layout
Until 2013, I have been using a regular German keyboard layout. Then, I switched to US International with a couple modifications:
I have the compose key on the menu button. That way, I can compose
characters like "ä" with Menu
"
a
. Or the symbol "©" with Menu
O
c
.
If you have your fingers on the home row (asdf and jkl;), which keys are in
easy reach with your little finger? Caps Lock
and Enter
. The problem is
that one needs Ctrl
way more often than Caps Lock
. So I mapped Caps Lock
to Ctrl
to get a Control key in easy reach. Back in the day, the control
key used to be there by default!
The regular US layout does not have and "ä" or "ß" on the keyboard, one has to
use the compose key to get them. With US International, I can just do
AltGr
-s
to get the "ß" character.