On 26 Jun 2000, Enrico Scholz wrote:
> Kevin Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > [...]
> > > Well, I could create my own dictionary with quoted umlauts and saying "
> > > is a letter, but this is just an ugly hack (I believe ispell recognizes
> > > this encoding automatically).
> >
> > If you want to use a hack make the " as a middle character not a letter
> > otherwise the quotes will cause all sorts of problems as anything that
> > ends is a quote will be considered a misspelling.
>
> Thanks, it works well. But the "create master" option doesn't respect
> the --run-together-middle option...
I'm sorry you need to modify the language data file to be
special " -*-
if special is already there add the info to the end. See the manual
(international section) for the exact details.
> > > [1] no, I can not simple type the 8bit umlauts because I am writing on
> > > an english keyboard...
> >
> > You probably can using the Compose key. If you are using Linux and
> > don't have one Xfree can fake it for you using the scroll lock or some
> > other key.
>
> I assume that using the Compose key slows down my typing too much
> (umlauts are being used relatively often in german).
Not really you hit the compose than type the umlauts and it should produce
the 8 bit character. So it takes one extra key press....
> Furthermore my xterm (and those of a Sparc I am using sometimes) doesn't
> recognize 8bit chars, so I am prefering the encoding of the umlauts...
Very well....
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Kevin Atkinson
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