Just type in "alt 0-2-4-6" for ö; "alt 0-2-5-2" for ü, etc. That will
get
you past most German words used in these lists!
Should have bought a Mac: Umlaut-u (ü) is Alt-u-u, umlaut-anything is
alt-u-anything. All the basic euro-accents are that way, associated
with their most common (in Englis
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:10:24 -0800 Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Just type in "alt 0-2-4-6" for ö; "alt 0-2-5-2" for ü, etc. That will
> >
> > get
> > you past most German words used in these lists!
>
> Should have bought a Mac: Umlaut-u (ü) is Alt-u-u, umlaut-anything is
> alt-u-an
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:28:18 -0700 Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Similar on Linux, with the left Winders key mapped to the Multi-key with
> the command,
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Multi_key'
>
>
> Type left Winders key, type the accent mark desired (d
?? I don't have an "Alt" key on my Imac. What gives?
On 2/19/07, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just type in "alt 0-2-4-6" for ö; "alt 0-2-5-2" for ü, etc. That will
> get
> you past most German words used in these lists!
Should have bought a Mac: Umlaut-u (ü) is Alt-u-u, umlaut-anyt
Andrew,
Look on the lower left side of the keyboard, to the left of the
"apple" key. On that key, "Option" is printed and on the top in
less noticeable letters
Voila, "alt"..
That's how it is on the keyboards of my iBook and eMac
Chuck
Phoenix AZ
On Feb 19, 2007,
That Linux keyboard input method also seems reasonable, as
does the Mac's. Leave it to Winders to have the worst one!
After all, it's only been about 25 years! Takes them awhile
to adopt improvements.
-- Jim
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Craig McCluskey wrote:
> Similar on Linux, with the left Winders key mapped to the Multi-key with
> the command,
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Multi_key'
>
>
> Type left Winders key, type the accent mark desired (double quote, ", for
> umlaut) and t
windoze will always have the worst of everything. that is what it means to
be a monopoly. as long as almost every machine sold comes equipped with
windoze, it will be junk. there is zero incentive to make a decent product.
this isn't meant as an attack on microsoft or another pro apple rant, b
