A lot of people on this forum frequently use ≠, ≈, etc.
This is awesome because Julia enables it, but I’m guessing many coders avoid them like the plague.
As a new year’s resolution, maybe we can get everyone (at least mac users) to get accustomed to them.
This is my (very short) list so far:
| Command |
Keys |
≈ |
opt + x |
≠ |
opt + = |
÷ |
opt + / |
// I realize many of these have /blah commands, but some writing environment don’t allow them
(from http://www.chriswrites.com/how-to-type-common-symbols-and-special-characters-in-os-x)
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A useful thing on the Mac is to go to the Keyboard system preferences, add a Greek keyboard under “Input Sources”, and then under Shortcuts / Input Sources add a binding for an easy way to switch input sources (I use command-space). Then you can type command-space to easily type Greek letters (e.g. α is typed by “a” in the Greek keyboard), and type command-space again to switch back to your regular keyboard.
(The Greek keyboard also has different shortcuts for math symbols, e.g. option-d is ÷.)
In the US keyboard, option-/ is ÷, option-v is √, option-< is ≤, option-> is ≥, option-d is ∂, option-p is π, and option-m is µ (unfortunately a different character than the greek μ, but they are treated as equivalent by Julia).
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That greek keyboard idea is great! Caps lock has never been more useful.
Maybe try losing command-space in favor of it though. I use spotlight search every day
None of those shortcuts work on a Danish Mac.