On 14/12/14 17:22, Tim wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 14 December 2014, Rolf Turner sent:
Struggling with this and don't know who else to ask ....
I have just found out how to produce accented characters when typing,
e.g., an email, via <ctrl><shift>u<code> where "<code>" is the
unicode hex number for producing the desired symbol. E.g.
<ctrl><shift>ue9 produces e-acute.
Fine. Except ... any hex numbers that involve "f" result in a "find"
menu popping up --- instead of the character I want being produced.
Once you've typed CTRL+SHIFT+u, let go of control and shift, just type
the hex numbers in with no other keys held down. (Works for me...)
Duhhh!!! Why didn't I think of that? Sputter, sputter.
Thanks.
Though, I prefer the compose key method.
I saw stuff about "the compose key" bizzo while googling around, but I
couldn't figure out how to "create" a compose key. I tried to follow
some instructions that I found, but could not get them to work. (But
then, given that I'm so dumb as to not be able to figure out that I just
had to release <ctrl><shift> before typing an "f" ...., oh never mind! :-) )
Can you give me monosyllabic instructions-for-dummies as to how to make
a key into a "compose key"?
If I want to type æ, for
example, I hit the compose key (I configured it to use the, generally,
useless right-side windows key), ....
I have seen other references to the "right-side windows key" but I don't
see any obvious candidate on my keyboard. (I have a Toshiba Satellite
850 laptop).
.... then type ae. For all sorts of
characters, you type the compose key followed by either their obvious
combinations ae for æ, oe for œ, et cetera, or characters plus similar
looking punctuation a' for á, a` for à, u" for ü, etc.
It's easy to work out most of the obvious ones, the rest I'd need a
cheat sheet. But I'd need a complete cheat sheet for every unicode
character, there's no way I'd remember more than one or two of those
code numbers.
Both entry systems work at the same time (for me), I'm configured for
using the compose key, never did anything to configure it to allow the
numeric entry key.
Thanks.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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Rolf Turner
Technical Editor ANZJS
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