Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Post ridiculous munchkin ideas! - LessWrong

55 Post author: D_Malik 15 May 2013 10:27PM

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 12 May 2013 08:10:17PM *  7 points [-]

The keyboard is irrelevant if you don't look at the keys, it's the keyboard layout that's relevant, and that's a software setting. I was very confused the first time I used a computer whose keyboard layout had been changed to Dvorak.

But there is something of a problem if you share a computer with someone who uses Qwerty, I guess. Switching back and forth might get annoying (although maybe you can set an AutoHotKey to do it?).

Comment author: falenas108 12 May 2013 09:08:25PM 3 points [-]

Other people use my computer fairly often, and I just set it to shift back and forth with command+shift+1. I can change it before I give it to them, so others won't even know if I don't want them to.

Comment author: MugaSofer 12 May 2013 10:06:48PM 1 point [-]

I have to admit, I hadn't thought of that.

Comment author: Baughn 31 May 2013 06:40:58PM 0 points [-]

No need for AHK, layout-switching shortcuts exist in every operating system I've used.