Hi Esther, I just checked and the locale was in fact set to Irish where option-u presents the ú character. Switching to British did indeed produce the character as your archived post suggested. It’s interesting as this is one of the first differences between the two keyboards that I’ve found.
Cheers, Dónal I have the locale set to Ireland which might be making a difference. On 14 Dec 2013, at 12:04, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dónal, > > Roger is correct, for an English language input keyboard you should be able > to type Option-key u, followed by the letter you want to be accented (e.g., a > "u" if you want to type a "u" with an umlaut, or "ü"). Has this changed under > Mavericks? Or might you have a different input language keyboard selected? > > See, for example, on of my archived posts on typing accented characters with > the Option key: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03788.html > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:49 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Roger, >> >> That’s exactly what I thought, and thanks for confirming. However when I do >> option-u, I get the ú character. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Dónal >> On 14 Dec 2013, at 11:45, Roger Firman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dónal, >>> >>> I think it is something like: >>> Option-key u, followed by the vowel you require. >>> >>> Roger. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie Email Disclaimer "This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail." <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
