[drop_cap]W[/drop_cap]orking on non-US keyboards can be challenging when common tools and specs expects standard layouts. For example, I use a German keyboard which has a bunch of “fun” quirks: Y and Z are swapped @ is typed with AltGr (right Alt) + Q double quotes (") are on Shift + 2 forward slash (/) on […]
On US English keyboards, there isn’t a universal, standard way to do it at the keyboard level.
I use Linux, and bind my Menu key on my keyboard to Compose. With Compose, I can tap “Compose-backtick-e” and get “è”.
Emacs has its own input methods, as do other environments.