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==Keyboard layout==

NoteThere theare mnemonics associating an APL character with a letter: {{keypress|?}} (''question mark'') on {{keypress|Q}}, {{keypress|⋆}} (''power'') on {{keypress|P}}, {{keypress|ρ}} (''rho'') on {{keypress|R}}, {{keypress|⊥}} (''base value'') on {{keypress|B}}, {{keypress|⊤}} (''eNcode'') on {{keypress|N}}, {{keypress|∣}} (''modulus'') on {{keypress|M}} and so on. This makes it easier for an English-language speaker to type APL on a non-APL keyboard, providing one has visual feedback on one's screen. Also, decals have been produced for attachment to standard keyboards, either on the front of the keys or on the top of them.

[[Image:APL-keybd2.svg|600px|thumb|center|APL keyboard layout.<ref>

A more up-to-date keyboard diagram, applicable for APL2 and other modern implementations, is available at WikensOnline '''[http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/apl/union-large.png Union APL large keyboard layout for Windows] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310113525/http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/apl/union-large.png |date=March 10, 2012 }}''', '''[http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/apl-unicomp.html actual photo + diagram here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403042056/http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/apl-unicomp.html |date=April 3, 2015 }}''' and '''[http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/Keyboard.ahtml NARS2000 APL keyboard layout here]'''.</ref>]]