> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Semantics of vector operations
> 
> Question in all this: What does one do when they have to _debug_ some 
> code that was written with these lovely Unicode ops, all while stuck in 
> an ASCII world?
> 
> Also, isn't it a pain to type all these characters when they are not on 
> your keyboard? As a predominately Win2k/XP user in the US, I see all 
> these glyphs just fine, but having to remember Alt+0171 for a  is going 
> to get old fast... I much sooner go ahead and write E<raquo> and be done 
> with it.
> 
> Thoughts?

This has been discussed a bunch of times, but for Windows users the very best thing in 
the US is to change your Start > Settings > Control Panel > Keyboard > Input Locales 
so that you have the option of switching over to a "United States-International" IME.

Once you've got that available (I used the Left-Alt+Shift hotkey) you can make a map 
of the keys. The only significant drawback is the behavior of the quote character, 
since it is used to encode accent marks. It takes getting used to the quote+space 
behavior, or defining a macro key (hint, hint).

=Austin

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