On 29. July 2004 at 12:50PM -0700, bart at solozone.com wrote: > On lap tops, Alt-<key> may cause problems with the numeric key > pad. Enabling these by Fn, if that exists, depends on the make > and model. Does ANYBODY use the numeric keypad on the big key > boards? I use one right now and I have NEVER hit its right most > keys! Actually F12 seems like a bright idea.
Any prefix would do (Ctrl, Alt, even the Windows key) so long as the combination doesn't conflict with an "accepted" system short-cut. But having the user input some esoteric hex, octal or decimal code is not user-friendly at all. Why not a key combination with graphic mnemonics built in? Want to get the "Spanish" "n" in "Sto. Nino"? Type ~n. The "French" "e" in "fiancee"? Type 'e. I know this is already a "feature" of some X or *n*x console keymaps. Why not have a similar feature in Scribus?
