Same here in Norway (and the entire Scandinavia).

kawsper · on July 13, 2015

Lots of stuff seems broken by default if you are on an exotic layout. I am on a Macbook with a Danish-layout, and ALT+ARROW_LEFT/ARROW_RIGHT doesn't work out of the box in iterm2, however it seems to work if you rebind, or type this into .inputrc:

  "\e\e[D": backward-word
  "\e\e[C": forward-word

I'd love to switch to an american keyboard, because lots of Unix things seems impossible to type with my current keyboard, but maybe I am just being stupid.

pi-rat · on July 13, 2015

I switched from a Norwegian keyboard to a UK keyboard with intl. English map on my MacBook. Default keyboard shortcuts suddenly made so much more sense - and I can code without having to use my nose when I run out of fingers for modifier keys. ()[]{}\|/:;' are all available using at most a single modifier (many of them without). Scandinavian characters are available using a single modifier for when I don't code, ex alt-a for å. Definitive productivity boost for me.

tracker1 · on July 14, 2015

On the one hand, I appreciate that English is as pervasive as it is in software engineering, being an American... on the flip side, it's a bit disappointing how little effort is often made to make sites and applications less friendly to foreign inputs and layouts (including inputting names).