Jean Abou Samra <[email protected]> writes: > Le 12/09/2021 à 02:32, Kira Garvie a écrit : >> Following up on this question from thursday, how do I insert the >> curly quotes? I copied them from your email but would like to know >> how to do them myself! > > The one thing that changed my computer life as a > French speaker trying to type ÉÀŒÇ is a Compose key. > The concept is simple: press Compose, then some > sequence of characters that is recognized as an input > method for a special character. This is much easier > to remember than Unicode code points. Examples: > > Compose < " → “ > Compose > " → ” > Compose - > → → > Compose = e → € > Compose o c → © > Compose / = → ≠ > Compose / o → ø > Compose ' e → é > Compose o e → œ > Compose o A → Å > Compose ~ n → ñ > Compose , C → Ç > Compose - : → ÷ > Compose < < → « > Compose > > → » > Compose space space → non-breakable space > > How to configure it depends on your system. In my > experience, it is an extraordinary time saver. > Enjoy <Compose : )>
Not to mention: Compose # # → ♯ Compose # b → ♭ Compose # f → ♮ Unfortunately I don't see combinations for double accidentals or a lot of other musical symbols on my computer. But those already help a lot. -- David Kastrup
