On 2010-09-16 12:27:35 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Phil Requirements wrote:
> >On 2010-09-10 18:56:03 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> >>Phil Requirements wrote:
> >>...
> >>>GNU/Linux has an *improved* method of inputting these special
> >>>characters. In Windows, you have to memorize these four
Phil Requirements wrote:
On 2010-09-10 18:56:03 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
Phil Requirements wrote:
...
GNU/Linux has an *improved* method of inputting these special
characters. In Windows, you have to memorize these four digit codes
that don't mean anything. In GNU/Linux, I memorize two-let
On 2010-09-10 18:56:03 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Phil Requirements wrote:
> ...
> >GNU/Linux has an *improved* method of inputting these special
> >characters. In Windows, you have to memorize these four digit codes
> >that don't mean anything. In GNU/Linux, I memorize two-letter codes
> >tha
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:56:03 -0400
Daniel Barclay wrote:
...
> (From Celejar(?)'s Control-Shift-U comment, it sounds like Linux does
> provide both types of methods.)
Yes, it does. For the archives:
Compose key:
http://www.hermit.org/Linux/ComposeKeys.html
GTK ctrl-shift methods - I can't f
Phil Requirements wrote:
...
GNU/Linux has an *improved* method of inputting these special
characters. In Windows, you have to memorize these four digit codes
that don't mean anything. In GNU/Linux, I memorize two-letter codes
that actually hint at the meaning.
On the other hand, a method base
John Jason Jordan writes:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:47:44 -0700
> Carl Johnson dijo:
>
>>That is why we were talking about the Compose and AltGr keys. I have a
>>US keyboard and I just press the Compose key followed by "s" and "s" to
>>get ß. Similarly, I can press Compose "'" and "a" to get á.
On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:16:52 -0700
Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 00:43, John Jason Jordan wrote:
...
> > How did you get a US keyboard with an AltGr key?
>
> It is *really* hard to find a US keyboard with it actually printed on the
> key, but any right-alt (or any other key, rea
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 00:43, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:47:44 -0700
> Carl Johnson dijo:
>
>>That is why we were talking about the Compose and AltGr keys. I have a
>>US keyboard and I just press the Compose key followed by "s" and "s" to
>>get ß. Similarly, I can press C
On 9/8/2010 2:01 AM, Phil Requirements wrote:
On 2010-09-07 22:44:27 -0400, Doug wrote:
/snip/
Doug,
It is very much possible to input foreign characters in GNU/Linux.
And it's easier than in Windows, though it is *different*.
Like you, I was accustomed to the Windows way of inputting specia
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 03:44:27 Doug wrote:
> How, in plain English,
> can one get foreign characters in Linux without using an international
> keyboard?
I use skim; scim, I believe, if you do not have KDE.
Lisi
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On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:47:44 -0700
Carl Johnson dijo:
>That is why we were talking about the Compose and AltGr keys. I have a
>US keyboard and I just press the Compose key followed by "s" and "s" to
>get ß. Similarly, I can press Compose "'" and "a" to get á. The AltGr
>key will also allow acc
On 2010-09-07 22:44:27 -0400, Doug wrote:
>
> In DOS and all versions of Windows, going back to the stone age, you
> could hold ALT and press 3 digits of the extended (128~255) ASCII
> table, using the number pad, and get all kinds of foreign and other
> useful characters. For instance, if you wan
Doug writes:
> On 9/7/2010 9:34 PM, Celejar wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:01:11 -0700
>> Carl Johnson wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
>>> out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
>>
>> As Camaleón has explained, it's reall
David Jardine writes:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:51:29PM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
>> David Jardine writes:
>>
>> > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:01:11AM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
>> >> out how to use hex input
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:44:27 -0400
Doug wrote:
> On 9/7/2010 9:34 PM, Celejar wrote:
> > On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:01:11 -0700
> > Carl Johnson wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> >> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
> >> out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
>
On 9/7/2010 9:34 PM, Celejar wrote:
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:01:11 -0700
Carl Johnson wrote:
...
Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
As Camaleón has explained, it's really pretty straightforward: press
ctrl-sh
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:01:11 -0700
Carl Johnson wrote:
...
> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
> out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
As Camaleón has explained, it's really pretty straightforward: press
ctrl-shift-u simultaneously, then release a
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:51:29PM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
> David Jardine writes:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:01:11AM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
> >> out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
> >
> >
David Jardine writes:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:01:11AM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
>> out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
>
> AltGr and the keypad. For a-f work round the outside of the keypad from
> to
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:01:11AM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
>
> Sorry, I was referring to the link to compose keys. I haven't figured
> out how to use hex input for Linux (or FreeBSD).
AltGr and the keypad. For a-f work round the outside of the keypad from
top left to bottom right.
--
To U
Celejar writes:
> On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:43:13 -0700
> Carl Johnson wrote:
>
>> Celejar writes:
>>
>> > On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:45:06 + (UTC)
>> > Camaleón wrote:
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> >> In GNOME, you can get it by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+u" and release the keys.
>> >> You'll get an underlin
Thomas Vazhappilly wrote:
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> Hi..!
> I am a migrant from MS Windoz to Gnu/Linux. Only one problem where I stuck
> is, I cannot key in some characters in UTF-8 such as "CURRENCY SIGN" as in
> typing MS Windoz. In MSW I can get the
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:43:13 -0700
Carl Johnson wrote:
> Celejar writes:
>
> > On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:45:06 + (UTC)
> > Camaleón wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> >> In GNOME, you can get it by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+u" and release the keys.
> >> You'll get an underline "u". Then you have to type the
Celejar writes:
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:45:06 + (UTC)
> Camaleón wrote:
>
> ...
>
>> In GNOME, you can get it by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+u" and release the keys.
>> You'll get an underline "u". Then you have to type the desired characters
>> sequence, i.e., for currency sign type "00a4" and p
On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:45:06 + (UTC)
Camaleón wrote:
...
> In GNOME, you can get it by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+u" and release the keys.
> You'll get an underline "u". Then you have to type the desired characters
> sequence, i.e., for currency sign type "00a4" and press "enter":
>
> http://www
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:58:22AM +0530, Thomas Vazhappilly wrote:
> Hi..!
>
> I am a migrant from MS Windoz to Gnu/Linux. Only one problem where I stuck
> is, I cannot key in some characters in UTF-8 such as "CURRENCY SIGN" as in
> typing MS Windoz. In MSW I can get the character by holding the
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:58:22 +0530, Thomas Vazhappilly wrote:
> I am a migrant from MS Windoz to Gnu/Linux. Only one problem where I
> stuck is, I cannot key in some characters in UTF-8 such as "CURRENCY
> SIGN" as in typing MS Windoz. In MSW I can get the character by holding
> the alt key and ty
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