This keyboard layout, also known as AFNOR Azerty NF Z 71-300, has since be standardized. Drivers[0] are available and keyboards[1] can be purchased.
I am using this layout for more than 1 year for programming and writing in french, and it's really good. I find it even better that the international keyboard layout or qwerty.
The fact that they have considered both the programming language approach AND the natural language typing is a real pleasure.
Even better, there are already "drivers" in modern Linux distribution, e.g. under GNOME you have to choose "Français (AZERTY, AFNOR)" as keyboard layout.
Theres also (to my mind) some oddities around the inconsistencies around é and É, and ù and Ù where they use different modifier keys to choose the upper and lower case variations.
Tilde ~ was removed?
Ezh ? was added?
No doubt its better now you actually have the keys you need available for the language itself - but maybe it needed a bit of curation as to their selection and consistent modifier-key selection?
I am using this layout for more than 1 year for programming and writing in french, and it's really good. I find it even better that the international keyboard layout or qwerty.
The fact that they have considered both the programming language approach AND the natural language typing is a real pleasure.
[0] https://norme-azerty.fr/ and https://github.com/springcomp/optimized-azerty-win [1] https://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00279741.html
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