On 2008-04-01, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Adam,
>
> Adam Funk wrote:
>
>> I wasn't aware of this! For years I've been using
>>
>> Option "XkbOptions""compose:rwin"
>>
>> in the keyboard stanza of xorg.conf (and its pre-xorg equivalent). Is
>> there any reason not to do it that way
Adam,
Adam Funk wrote:
> I wasn't aware of this! For years I've been using
>
> Option "XkbOptions""compose:rwin"
>
> in the keyboard stanza of xorg.conf (and its pre-xorg equivalent). Is
> there any reason not to do it that way if I'm used to those
> keybindings?
>
> In an
On 2008-03-30, Wulfy wrote:
> I have the United Kingdom gb Generic 105-key (Intl) PC and I can get
> (almost) all the European language characters.
>
> Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other
> accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard.
>
> Use
Wulfy wrote:
> Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other
> accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard.
This works for me under both Hardy and Dapper.
The trick is to remember the ; (semicolon) first. Ie. hold down AltGr,
press semicolon (;), rele
Stephen O'Neill wrote:
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> Wulfy wrote:
> | Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other
> | accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard.
>
>
> This does not work for me and hasn't in the 4 years or so th
> OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â,
> é etc by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this
> is a bit irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to
> make a keyboard shorcut for special characters?
Along with all the suggestion
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Tony Arnold wrote:
| Did you type the semi-colon as well? Just to be clear, it's hold down
| the AltGr, press the semi-colon, release and type the e.
Ah, cheers Tony. I was indeed missing the semi-colon. Years of ingrained
Windows behaviour blinded m
Stephen,
Stephen O'Neill wrote:
> Wulfy wrote:
> | Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other
> | accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard.
>
>
> This does not work for me and hasn't in the 4 years or so that I've been
> using Linux (Fedora and U
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:37:50AM +0100, Stephen O'Neill wrote:
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> Wulfy wrote:
> | Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other
> | accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard.
>
>
> This does not w
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Wulfy wrote:
| Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other
| accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard.
This does not work for me and hasn't in the 4 years or so that I've been
using Linux (Fedora and U
James,
James Grabham wrote:
>
> OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â, é
> etc by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this is a
> bit irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to make a
> keyboard shorcut for special characters?
James Grabham wrote:
>
> OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â,
> é etc by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this
> is a bit irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to
> make a keyboard shorcut for special characters?
>
> T
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:12 AM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â, é etc
> by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this is a bit
> irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to make
OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â, é etc
by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this is a bit
irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to make a
keyboard shorcut for special characters?
Thanks
James
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