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		piskov 67 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A beginner's guide to split keyboards Any language that has more than 30-35(?) letters needs layers. Even french and german need layers (shift or right alt) for all the stuff like ß or adding accents like é è ê ë

Conscat 64 days ago [–]

Ah that makes sense. For Hindi in Roman, I input characters like ṅ ḍ, but I have a one-shot layer for that on my layout.

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