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   Joerg Mertens to Marco Moock   
   Re: keyboard map quert/de shows # with S   
   25 Jul 24 18:16:55   
   
   From: joerg-mertens@t-online.de   
      
   Marco Moock  wrote:   
   > On 24.07.2024 um 21:56 Uhr Joerg Mertens wrote:   
   >   
   >> Marco Moock  wrote:   
   >> > On 23.07.2024 um 05:22 Uhr Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> The qwertz/de map seems more to resemple an english keyboard with   
   >> >> keys like Ö and Ä missing.   
   >> >   
   >> > This is really strange. Do such keyboards really exist?   
   >>   
   >> There doesn't have to be a keyboard for every mapping.  Maybe this   
   >> one is for german programmers, who don't want to type AltGr + some   
   >> digit every time they want to write a bracket, a brace or a backslash.   
   >   
   > The only difference I noticed was the # on the 3, (} and such stuff   
   > were at the same position.   
   > The # by default has a special key on the Germany keyboard next to   
   > return. Only that must be pressed, no shift, no Alt Gr.   
   >   
   >> Umlauts would probably not be so important to them.   
   >   
   > They are working and at the same place.   
      
   Strange.  Is your qwertz/de keymap different from Henrik's?   
      
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