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Sorry if this is a common question, but I tried the search and couldn't see a post about it.
We're still at the planning and research stage of moving to France. Spending a fair bit of time on the internet in pursuit of this has made me think about typing...
For anyone on the forum who's a touch-typist, did you switch to the French keyboard layout when you came to France? I've been assuming in the long run that that's the best thing to do to be able to type accents quickly. (And presumably, if you're switching between both languages, it's less painful typing English on a French keyboard than the other way around.) Is that right? If so, if you've been used to touch-typing on a UK-layout keyboard for many years, how easy did you find it to unlearn your old habits?
Also, how seriously should I take the proposals to change French keyboard layouts (www dot lefigaro dot fr/secteur/high-tech/2017/06/07/32001-20170607ARTFIG00222-le-clavier-francais-azerty-va-changer.php). Any views on whether that's likely to come to pass soon? (I can't imagine the UK government making any equivalent proposal, or that it would get anywhere, but I know things are different in France!)
We're still at the planning and research stage of moving to France. Spending a fair bit of time on the internet in pursuit of this has made me think about typing...
For anyone on the forum who's a touch-typist, did you switch to the French keyboard layout when you came to France? I've been assuming in the long run that that's the best thing to do to be able to type accents quickly. (And presumably, if you're switching between both languages, it's less painful typing English on a French keyboard than the other way around.) Is that right? If so, if you've been used to touch-typing on a UK-layout keyboard for many years, how easy did you find it to unlearn your old habits?
Also, how seriously should I take the proposals to change French keyboard layouts (www dot lefigaro dot fr/secteur/high-tech/2017/06/07/32001-20170607ARTFIG00222-le-clavier-francais-azerty-va-changer.php). Any views on whether that's likely to come to pass soon? (I can't imagine the UK government making any equivalent proposal, or that it would get anywhere, but I know things are different in France!)