<div dir="ltr"><div>(Not really involved in any form of math writing, but this detail caught my eye:</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 21:57, Peter Gervai <<a href="mailto:grinapo%2Blodev@gmail.com">grinapo+lodev@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The main reason for the speed is its universal hotkey (backslash)<br>
which pops up a selection box anywhere.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Note that in many not uncommon non-English keyboard layouts, the backslash is not that trivial to type. For instance, for the keyboard layout I personally use all the time, the Finnish layout on macOS (basically identical to the Swedish one), typing a backslash requires three keys being held: Right Alt (or "option"), Shift, and 7. </div><div><br></div><div>Sure, as I am a programmer that needs backslashes very often, and use this same keyboard layout all the time, I know that by heart and it isn't especially hard for me. But for more typical users of this keyboard layout it might be a very uncommon character to input. </div><div><br></div><div>In the Finnish Windows keyboard layout, backslash requires just two keys: AltGr and +, but stil.</div><div><br></div><div>Thus, in my humble opinion, shortcuts intended to be used a lot and intended to be easy to learn should not involve characters that actually vary wildly in their ease of use depending on keyboard layout.</div><div><br></div><div>--tml</div><div><br></div></div></div>