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colemak

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Ubuntu and OSX both come with Colemak now (minus the caps lock to backspace).

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Quick take

(computing) A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.

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noun

(computing) A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for colemak.

noun

(computing) A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.

Example sentences

1

Ubuntu and OSX both come with Colemak now (minus the caps lock to backspace).

2

If you're driven to learn on your own beyond all logic and reason, then I'd personally recommend colemak.

3

The article and the paper are a nice find that I plan to share on the Colemak forum.

4

I use colemak - It's incremental to qwerty and is much easier to learn.

5

I use colemak keyboard layout as well so I've customized the layout a bit.

6

The levels are optimised for Qwerty, Colemak and Dvorak layouts.

7

Of the three - Colemak is the most comfortable.

8

Because capslock is backspace in colemak, I changed the backspace key to control.

9

SwiftKey supports Colemak out of the box for English, so I tried it.

10

Don't use colemak or dvorak on your phone - they don't work well with swype etc due to autocorrect because the most common characters are all on the homerow.

11

VI sucks with colemak so I eventually moved to using emacs.

12

WeakPassword on Colemak is WkanRaddw;sg on Qwerty.

Proper noun examples

1

The question is polarizing - you can find testimonials of people who tried Dvorak/Colemak/Workman/etc.

2

If you type a lot and comfort is your goal - I would sing praises for Colemak.

3

Of course I'm also the type to prefer Caps Lock as Backspace and I use Colemak.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use colemak in a sentence?

Ubuntu and OSX both come with Colemak now (minus the caps lock to backspace).

What does colemak mean?

(computing) A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row.

What part of speech is colemak?

colemak is commonly used as noun.