On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Grant Edwards <gra...@visi.com> wrote: > On 2009-02-17, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Grant Edwards <gra...@visi.com> wrote: >>> So how do you enter accented or non-latin characters or >>> ligatures or the like? >> >> I don't. The standard US English PC keyboard has nothing but A-Z, >> numbers, a few symbols and standard punctuation. > > I know. I'm here in the US and have normal USian keyboards.
Sorry, I assumed you were elsewhere (I was picturing an actual "Compose" key on your keyboard). It's hard to tell! There is a good chance that when I assume someone is from a certain part of the world on here, I'm wrong. >> Typically, if someone has an accented character in their name >> or address it is simply entered in without the accent. > > That just seems a bit parochial. :) Of course /I/ make sure to get people's names correct, but I was speaking more in general. The store clerk at a cash register entering your name in probably isn't going to jump through hoops to get accented characters. Again, I was assuming you were an outsider. :) Thanks, Paul
