On Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:39:14 PM Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|>Message: 38 |>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 16:37:50 -0800 |>From: Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>Subject: Re: special characters, ie spanish accents |>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>Cc: chip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" |> |>On Saturday 20 March 2004 03:46 pm, chip wrote: |>> How do I get the special characters to work, which work in MS Windoze |>> using the conbination of right-alt+4digit code? I need to be able to |>> use certain accents and characters found in spanish writing. I am |>> using FBSD-5.1 with XFCE window manager. |>> Thanks, |>> Chip |>> |> |>I use kde-3.2.1, which allows you to set the |>regional and accessability > keyboard layouts. I use the es Spanish |>option. You don't have to do the terrible alt+keypad sequence.. There |>are a lot of people that have used xdb to do the same thing. Do an |>archive search. |> |>BTW, you can do the same thing with W2K or XP. You choose the keyboard |>layout and you hold the right <alt><shift> down to switch. If you do a |>web search on keyboard layouts and go to the Microsoft site, you can |>grab images of the keyboard. |> |>Kent |> |>--- |>Kent Stewart |>Richland, WA |> |>http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ********** Reply Separator ********** Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:43:35 AM I have no intentions of starting an argument, however I do seriously disagree with your assessment that using the <ALT>+<NUM-KEYBOARD> sequence is terrible. I find it to be a very ingenious and quick way to insert characters without going through he hassle of changing keyboard assignments, etc. This becomes even more important when there is the possibility that others may be using the same computer and are not aware that changes have been made to the system. Well that is my 2� {<alt><155>} worth. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
