Stuart Langridgemade the mistake of thinking that I could do with a new keyboard, and so reading stuff online about it. This is useless; everyone who talks about keyboards is a nutter about them. It's like trying to ask about new headphones for your bus trip on audiophile forums or something.
what I really need to do is go to a shop and just try typing on a bunch of keyboards, but there aren't shops like that in the city centre, more's the pity
Nic@NicMakesStuff I did not know the word “tenkeyless” until about 12 hours ago but I do now so I have learned some things! Fortunately, I think that such questions are answered by “I’d like the number pad because Blender uses it” which is convenient