Public bug reported: I'm a software developer writing quite a lot of code.
The way the german keybooard is layed out, some essential keys like brackets and backslash are very awkward to type (right hand holding Alt- GR in bottom row and pressing the key right of the 0-key in top row to get a backslash). After years of doing this, i started to suffer from RSI (repetitive strain injury). I'm attaching a patch for an additional keyboard layout that puts all those hard to reach one-handed brackets, braces and backslash on the Umlaut keys. The Umlauts are still available in their normal place through Alt-GR for occasional use, but i mostly use Scroll-Lock to switch to an unmodified no-deadkeys layout when typing german text. I have been using this layout now for 3 years, and it has greatly reduced suffering, while still enabling me to do my job. ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Patch added: "Patch for german keyboard layout file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787354/+attachment/5176178/+files/de.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787354 Title: Add modified german keyboard layout for programming to reduce RSI Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm a software developer writing quite a lot of code. The way the german keybooard is layed out, some essential keys like brackets and backslash are very awkward to type (right hand holding Alt-GR in bottom row and pressing the key right of the 0-key in top row to get a backslash). After years of doing this, i started to suffer from RSI (repetitive strain injury). I'm attaching a patch for an additional keyboard layout that puts all those hard to reach one-handed brackets, braces and backslash on the Umlaut keys. The Umlauts are still available in their normal place through Alt-GR for occasional use, but i mostly use Scroll-Lock to switch to an unmodified no-deadkeys layout when typing german text. I have been using this layout now for 3 years, and it has greatly reduced suffering, while still enabling me to do my job. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1787354/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp