Re: Bug#777643: general: possibly, some keyboard layouts should use U+22C5 DOT OPERATOR instead of U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT
On 2015-02-11 16:14:06 +0100 (+0100), Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
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> Is there any special reason why you think it would be bad idea?
> Like a use case where people depend on having the MIDDLE DOT and
> which would break if it was changed?
[...]
My passwords will stop working. (Okay, not _mine_ specifically, but
someone's...) Changing the established values in a keymap out from
under users is foolish when the gains are nearly nonexistent and the
workaround is relatively trivial for those who actually want to side
with hobgoblins.
--
Jeremy Stanley
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