{keyboard} is about creating or modifying keyboard shortcuts for an editor or other GUI. Usually questions with this tag will also have one for the editor in question.
Questions tagged [keyboard]
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Good keyboard layouts for typing (La)TeX
When typing (La)TeX some keys are used a lot more often then in plain text, especially \, {, }, [, ], $, ^ and _. On most keyboard layouts these keys are rather cumbersome to type. The English QWERTY keyboard is a lot better than the German QWERTZ,…
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How can I optimize the keyboard for frequent LaTeX input?
I have started the practice of live-texing my math/physics notes. Although I am not practicising it in a live-lecture, I am doing it for the online lectures I am viewing to get fast and accustomed to it. I am not a pro touch typer, but have a decent…
yayu
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Keyboard app for iOS optimized for latex?
I’m looking for a keyboard I can install for the touchscreen on iOS which is well-suited for typing latex. For example, the backslash and dollar signs should be more easily accessible than on a standard keyboard. Maybe also the caret, underscore,…
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Do you break typing conventions when typing LaTeX?
Sorry if this isn't relevant, I thought this might be a good place to ask about this.
I am trying to improve my typing (specifically in the numbers row) so that I can type LaTeX faster, but I am finding that it is sometimes awkward to apply this to…
S.L.
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Hand position for typing in Latex
As most of the users here, I spend a considerably amount of my daily time typing in LaTeX. I think that the typing position of the hands, at least for the US layout, should be different from the one suggested for typing plain text. For example, the…
Tommaso Seneci
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Dead keys and TeXShop Key Bindings
I have tried to create a shortcut for accented characters: á, é, í, ó, ú, in order to be replaced in the source code by: \'a, \'e, \'i, \'o, \'u, for this I have modified the autocompletion.plist file by adding the lines
But the result is a little…
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How to avoid repetitive strain injuries when using LaTeX daily?
LaTeX makes use of some characters that are not easy to type using a normal keyboard (like \, {, }, [ and ]). When typesetting math, you also have to constantly switch between the previous characters and digits, which can't be done in a fluid…
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