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(Get the code!)
key 8 has currently characters ( and [
key 9 has currently characters ) and ]
so, if you think of < and > as they are used in xml tags they have a similar opening (<) and closing (>) association.
with | and ¦ it would be a good to choose a key that has something similar in it. Key 1 is too far away to be reached conveniently. We also need two combinations as they are two different characters. so let's use l and i.
One may wonder why I chose l for ¦ and i for |. Indeed l looks more like | and i looks more ¦. And that is my reason. You want to be able to tell the characters apart. l and | look too much in common. It can cause errors. Also | is needed more often and you'd normally press i with a stronger finger than l.