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Originally Posted by NullNix
Boring ordinary keyboards like normal humans use versus expensive ergonomic versus build-your-own; flat versus contoured... (see geekhack.org for just how intense this can get).
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Ah yes, remember the chord input thing for one hand? Like a one handed stenographer. I think called Microwriter and late 1970s. A Stenographer's keyboard uses two hands and chords (multiple simultaneous keys) and though the fastest system, like shorthand for script, it's never going to be mainstream due to learning time & effort.
QWERTY since 1873 (and language variations), but Dvorak and Colemak don't seem to have enough advantages. UNIX/Linux/Solaris/BSD with AltGr and Compose Key using a UK PC Keyboard allows the most languages most easily, though the .XCompose file needs edited to add Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic letters etc if Latin/Roman (includes Polish, Celtic, Icelandic, Spanish, German, French etc) is your main text.
I also added
Compose 0 ' and
Compose 0 " for ′ and ″ (prime and double prime for feet, inches, seconds, minutes) Compose g letter is Greek lower case and Compose G LETTER is Greek upper case.
Compose and AltGer on Linux are unaffected by choice of Keyboard Layout (AZERTY, QWERTY, Colemak, Dvorak).
The USA PC Keyboard is missing a key.