On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:21, Damian Gatabria wrote: > On Saturday 11 January 2003 00:35, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 11:11, Sascha Noyes wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi, is there a way to input ASCII characters with a simple key > > > combination (as it is on windows) ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sascha > > > > Do you mean like creating a macro? > > I think he means the "alt + nº = somechar" > > AFAIK in Linux you can type in every possible char > by combining alt, shift keys + the rest of the keyboard.. > > I've got a spanish keyboard, and at the right of the spacebar > i have a key called "Alt Gr". When i combine that key with the > letters i get: > > AltGr + q = @ > AltGr + w = ł > AltGr + e = € > AltGr + r = ¶ > AltGr + t = ŧ > AltGr + a = æ > AltGr + s = ß > AltGr + d = ð > AltGr + f = đ > > and so on. > > HTH > > Damian
If it's international charachters you are after with accents, change your keyboard to US-International. This would not be for speed typists. It waits for a second key press after letters with the accents. I loaded it by mistake with my 8.2 install and it weirded me out. OT - Damian, How come your default font has overriden my kmails one for this reply? -- Michael
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