should i actually learn the russian keyboard layout for typing cyrillic, or should i just use яверты (us qwerty, but each letter is replaced with a phonetically similar russian letter)
i'm already using qwerty phonetic inputs for japanese and chinese, but those are common.
i cannot help but read з as "russian letter three".
especially when majuscule they are hard to distinguish: З vs 3
@artemist idk about ergonomics, but I’ve only ever seen russian speakers use йцукен. I use qwerty for en/de and йцукен for ru/ua. I’m not great at it, but my touch typing speed in йцукен is ~half of my qwerty speed
also I think 3 vs З is usually just figured out from context. flat top Ʒ definitely helps with this
@nrab US keyboards don't have AltGr.
Also, I use the compose key for more than that, e.g. çáéíóúàèìòùñðþ–—°≈
@nrab i'm AMERICAN so we don't acknowledge the existence of other languages
(okay, schools do require accents for the practically mandatory spanish or french classes from age 11, but i don't remember how they were supposed to be typed. i think i got into the compose key so i could type macrons in age 14 latin class.)
@nrab i realized i already knew like half of cyrillic so i might as well learn the rest
also it's useful for navigating russian websites, even when translated.
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