El, can't you use deadkeys in LyX on Mac? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key#Dead_keys_on_various_keyboard_layouts
You might also want to try changing the keyboard layout to US International: >From >http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=Howtotypeletterswit20100304073426167: "If you use the US International - PC keyboard layout, you instantly get the fast way of entering the letters with diacritics! Go to System Preferences » Language & Text » Input Sources. Check the US International - PC input method in the list of Input Methods. (If you also use other Input Methods, uncheck the others or select the US International - PC method as the current Input Method.) Now you can use the fastest way of entering these characters. For á, é, í, ó, ú: press ' and directly after that, the vowel.For à, è, ì, ò, ù: press ` and directly after that, the vowel. (Note that ` is slightly different slightly different from ' ... on my keyboard, it is located right of the left-side Shift key.)For ä, ë, ï, ö, ü: press " and directly after that, the vowel.For ã, ñ, õ: press ˜ and directly after that, the letter. NOTE: Setting your keyboard layout to US International - PC could change the location of some other symbols if you ordered your Mac with an other-than-International keyboard. In my case, everything was still where it should be, but check this and experiment a little with it and find out what best suits your needs." > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > From: nos...@lisse.na > Subject: Re: frage > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:29:33 +0100 > > I also write on and off German language texts, and though I have a > German Mac keyboard as spare at home and will connect it if I write > something long, I really would like to be able to easily/quickly > type the German Umlaute in lower and Upper case on the standard (US) > keybopard. > > Alt-s is helpful, but I can't find the others. > > ERT is not only Evil, it also takes 4-5 Keystrokes for the price of > one :-)-O > > Any ideas, perhaps for assignments to key combinations? > > greetings, el > > on 2014-08-19, 21:09 David L. Johnson said the following: > > On 08/19/2014 10:33 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: > >> Am 19.08.2014 um 16:08 schrieb Volker Steinbach > >> <steine...@gmail.com>: > >> > >>> no joke : i wanted to know if there is a cheap solution tothe > >>> problem : in german, we had a character called 'eszet' or sharp > >>> s. it looks almost like a greek beta. i wondered if there is a > >>> latex sign (beginning with \) that prints it. i remember thirty > >>> years ago i could use \3 for it ! thats it. > >> And you don't have a keyboard with an "ß" ? > >> > >> In case you're using LyX you shouldn't have a problem to get it > >> printed after you successfully typed it. Ok, there are some > >> problematic languages, but with german I don't know any. > > Try \ss, making it "TeX mode", or what we call ERT. > > > >
