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@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-03-01 21:19:31

TIL that the standard Windows Swiss keyboard layouts don’t provide any non-deadkey way of entering ASCII backticks, carets, or tildes, i.e., it's always deadkey space.
The standard macOS layouts are also bad, but at least you can directly enter backticks and carets.
I’m glad I'm using a custom keyboard layout…

‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-03-01 21:19:31

TIL that the standard Windows Swiss keyboard layouts don’t provide any non-deadkey way of entering ASCII backticks, carets, or tildes, i.e., it's always deadkey space.
The standard macOS layouts are also bad, but at least you can directly enter backticks and carets.
I’m glad I'm using a custom keyboard layout…

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org
2026-03-01 21:19:31

TIL that the standard Windows Swiss keyboard layouts don’t provide any non-deadkey way of entering ASCII backticks, carets, or tildes, i.e., it's always deadkey space.
The standard macOS layouts are also bad, but at least you can directly enter backticks and carets.
I’m glad I'm using a custom keyboard layout…