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Automatic Keyboard layout switcher?
(lemmy.ml)
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I found keyboard layout switching to be too much friction.
I am programming in English and writing in English and German. What I use now is the UK international layout with dead keys. Plus compose key bindings for less frequently used symbols like € or °. This allows me to keep the same layout everywhere, which makes my life easier - and typing faster.
That's true with Latin based alphabets and in certain scenarios. It's probably not a coincidence that the application I mentioned supports only 3 layouts: English, Russian, Hebrew. And I would imagine typing a lot of text in German would be more efficient with the German layout.