Helge Hielscher wrote: > IMHO there are enough ways to enter special characters with > the keyboard: > *ISO 14755 with F12+hexcode: F12 + f + 4 (+spaces) gives ? > I don't think hexcodes will ever be a useful solution -- too many to remember. > *keyboard layouts with dead keys enabled: ^ + o gives ? > I tried deadkeys for a while, but if you're not using accented characters much, it gets annoying to double type the dead key to get its original character. > *using the compose key. e.g. hold Compose and type o + ^ > I don't even know what a compose key is...
When I used Amigas years ago, they had a system that worked like the deadkey but didn't involve losing a printable character to do it. Greg
