Hi Dónal, On an Irish input language keyboard you'll need to use the "8" key on the number row instead of the "u" key to type an umlaut. So you would press Option-key+8 and then press the key for the letter you want accented (e.g., a "u" if you want to type a "u" with an umlaut over it as in "ü" -- or a diaeresis, which my spell checker wants to correct to a U.S. English spelling with an "e" instead of "ae" letter combination before the "r" -- a more general term for this accent with two dots when it appears over letters other than "u").
I use the Option-key+8 shortcut quite frequently to type bullets for lists. You would have to add a press of the Shift key to type bullets (Option-key+Shift+8) instead of the umlaut accent character. Another fun symbol to type is the Apple logo character, which is Option-key+Shift+k on an English (or Irish) language input keyboard. I did find a few other differences with how accents are typed on an Irish input keyboard. Typing an acute accent on an English input keyboard requires pressing Option-key+e and then pressing the letter to be accented. On the Irish input keyboard the Option-key+e shortcut combination is bound to an "e" with an acute accent or "é". I have to press "Option-key+e" to generate the acute accent, and then press "e" again as the letter I want to be accented. To type The "o" in your name without a shortcut for your name, I press "Option-key+e" followed by a press of the "o" key. On the Irish keyboard, you press Option-key+o. On an English input keyboard pressing Option-key+o produces an "o" with a slash -- which I might use in typing Danish or Scandinavian names. For anyone who wants to try figuring out Option key combinations, bring up a TextEdit window, hold down the Option key, and start typing key combinations. Then try using Option-key+Shift combinations, or even Option-key+Command-key combinations. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 14, 2013, at 2:39 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi Esther, > > I just checked and the locale was in fact set to Irish where option-u > presents the ú character. Switching to British did indeed produce the > character as your archived post suggested. It’s interesting as this is one > of the first differences between the two keyboards that I’ve found. > > Cheers, > > Dónal > I have the locale set to Ireland which might be making a difference. On 14 > Dec 2013, at 12:04, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Dónal, >> >> Roger is correct, for an English language input keyboard you should be able >> to type Option-key u, followed by the letter you want to be accented (e.g., >> a "u" if you want to type a "u" with an umlaut, or "ü"). Has this changed >> under Mavericks? Or might you have a different input language keyboard >> selected? >> >> See, for example, on of my archived posts on typing accented characters with >> the Option key: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg03788.html >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:49 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >> >>> Hi Roger, >>> >>> That’s exactly what I thought, and thanks for confirming. However when I do >>> option-u, I get the ú character. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Dónal >>> On 14 Dec 2013, at 11:45, Roger Firman wrote: >>> >>>> Dónal, >>>> >>>> I think it is something like: >>>> Option-key u, followed by the vowel you require. >>>> >>>> Roger. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
