On Saturday 10 February 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am needing some of those special characters not on the keyboad by > default. I need the degree one the most often. I figured it's in keyboard > layout (Suse 10.0 here), but am not finding both the map, and how to > activate it. > > I need to be able to type degrees and other characters online and in things > like the word processor, etc, so I am sure there is a way to do it, I am > just falling down, due to a lack of the correct search terms. > > Can someone give me a point in the correct direction? > > > Annoyed that I canŽt figure this out > Randal
Which Desktop system are you using, and which word processor?
Since this isn't Windows there are several possibilities.
If KDE:
K button (start)
Configure desktop (Personal settings)
Regional and Accessibility
Keyboard layout
Xkb tab
Check Enable Xkb options
scroll down in the Options list to "Compose Key Position"
Check a key you don't use for anything else like maybe
the right window key.
Click Apply.
With that setting, you can hold down right window key and press oo
and when you let up the compose key you get °
Same for other key combos: hold compose, press two other keys
12 = ½
14= ¼
ae = æ
c / = ¢
ss = ß
Etc. Experiment.
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