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I love US keyboards for coding, it really improves the experience. Typing in portuguese, however, is not a good experience. The default american layout has the
~
key in a really bad spot. Typingà
orã
is REALLY uncomfortable/weird. Fortunately, my keyboard has that key on the right side of the keyboard instead of the left, which greatly improves the experience.The .XCompose file I linked in the main post is perfect and works great on X11. If you're not yet on Wayland you can use it and have a great experience.
Right, that all makes sense. I'll definitely keep that .XCompose file in mind, wasn't aware it even was a thing before your post. Also, do you mind sharing the specific keyboard you're using for reference?
Side note, I've started using vim/helix a few months ago and the pt layout makes things a lot more awkward than I expected, that's half the reason I'm considering a US keyboard lol
I'm using an Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. Not most people's cup of tea but I've grown used to it and it's hard for me to swap to anything else now :P
I can see why it'd be divisive with topre keys, no key markings and a pretty non standard layout but man does it look nice. Really appreciate what they're going for there.
Anyway, thanks and hope you find a solution, I'll drop by if I come across anything useful!