Dear Colleagues,

Here is a question about accessibility of ASCII characters
in **Russian** keyboards -- MS Windows for a start.
But DOS and unix too.

While typing English, which of the following ASCII non-letter
characters are available on your keyboard in a simple
keystroke position, and which with modifier key(s) and which
only with extreme difficulty.

   ! " # % & ' * / ()
   < = > @
   [ \ ] ^ _ `
   { | } ~

I notice that on a French Windows keyboard, \ requires a
double modifier key!!!!! Also ` and ~ are *highly*
inaccessible (3 keystrokes each). In a generic editor here in
France, TeX is not well served by Wintel.

Best wishes,

Laurent Siebenmann