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ddephor44477yHow about Ctrl-C?
And I have the same keyboard on a dell laptop. Worst thing is "Home" and "End" only available with Function-Key. Going to the start or end of a line, or even worse, marking a full line is always a hassle, as you need two hands to reach FN and the cursor keys at once.
And on the other hand, the PrtScr key is still a dedicated key, I need that thing maybe once a month, that would not be an issue to get that only through the function key.
Or CapsLock, who needs CapsLock? -
@ddephor Ctrl-C is not captured by runaway program. Only way how to kill python known to me is Ctrl+Break and now Ctrl+Fn+B, which I guess emulate Ctrl+Break.
I agree that Home and End are totally useless in this layout.
Speaking of Caps Lock, who uses AltGr and left Ctrl also? -
ddephor44477y@argorain I'm german, on german keyboard layout, @ and € are acessible with Alt-Gr, so I need it frequently.
And I use the left CTRL-key, but I never use the right CTRL-key, although I often think about relearning for the right one or use either, whichever fits best.
But I'm still stuck with using only the left CTRL key 👐 -
Laptops are clearly no longer engineered with actual developers in mind anymore. Let’s get rid of common debug keys, what could possible go wrong?! A numpad? Nah, users don’t have to do work with money ever.
Python rant
Where the hell is Break key?!
Story: I wrote multithreaded python script and went to Lab to test it. Script got stuck (one thread died) and I needed to stop that thing, but how without magic Ctrl+Break?
Damn you Dell with your slim and minimalistic keyboards!
rant