Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-10-02 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op Thu, 9 Sep 2021 17:46:13 -0400 Kira Garvie schreef: > Hello all, > I am typing the lyrics to a hymn, and it has the line: The cry “To > arms!” is heard afar and near. How do I do those quotations without > Frescobaldi thinking it’s a string of code? Also I am the newbie-est > of newbies with

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-13 Thread Knute Snortum
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 1:34 AM Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > > > > The one thing that changed my computer life as a > > French speaker trying to type ÉÀŒÇ is a Compose key. > > ... and now you changed my life as well :-). > > Thanks much! I do not know how often I had to look up ♯,♮,♭ and >

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-13 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
The one thing that changed my computer life as a French speaker trying to type ÉÀŒÇ is a Compose key. ... and now you changed my life as well :-). Thanks much! I do not know how often I had to look up ♯,♮,♭ and especially ①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧ (these come up all the time in some forms of theory of

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread David Wright
On Sun 12 Sep 2021 at 23:07:35 (+0200), David Kastrup wrote: > Jean Abou Samra 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

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Kira Garvie
Oooh thank you! ~Kira On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 7:54 PM Karlin High wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 7:32 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > > how do I insert the curly quotes? > > If you are using Frescobaldi: > > Ctrl + ' = ‘’ > Ctrl + Shift + " = “” > > The “curly” typographical quotes will be inserted

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Karlin High
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 7:32 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > how do I insert the curly quotes? If you are using Frescobaldi: Ctrl + ' = ‘’ Ctrl + Shift + " = “” The “curly” typographical quotes will be inserted as a pair. If text is highlighted first, there will be on each side of the highlighted

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread David Kastrup
Jean Abou Samra 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

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Jean Abou Samra
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

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Paul Hodges
I use WizKey to type accents and a great many special characters including curly quotes: https://antibody-software.com/wizkey/ Sadly it's not free, though. Paul On 12/09/2021 06:18:17, "Aaron Hill" wrote: >On 2021-09-11 5:32 pm, Kira Garvie wrote: >>Following up on this question from

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-09-12 2:32 am, Kira Garvie wrote: (Anyone who types “blessèd” that much probably works in a similar line of work to me - that word sounds funny to me with just one syllable now! I am a church organist/ music director.)! Similar role, indeed. Though in my case, I am just filling the

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-12 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you Aaron!! (Anyone who types “blessèd” that much probably works in a similar line of work to me - that word sounds funny to me with just one syllable now! I am a church organist/ music director.)! On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 1:18 AM Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2021-09-11 5:32 pm, Kira Garvie

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-11 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-09-11 5:32 pm, Kira Garvie wrote: 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! If you are running Windows, you hold down ALT, type a series of numbers on the numpad, and

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-11 Thread Kira Garvie
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! On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:09 PM Kira Garvie wrote: > Thank you, Jean! The first option with the backslashes worked perfectly. > > On Thu, Sep

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-09 Thread Kira Garvie
Thank you, Jean! The first option with the backslashes worked perfectly. On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:02 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Le 09/09/2021 à 23:46, Kira Garvie a écrit : > > Hello all, > > I am typing the lyrics to a hymn, and it has the line: The cry “To > > arms!” is heard afar and near.

Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-09 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 09/09/2021 à 23:46, Kira Garvie a écrit : Hello all, I am typing the lyrics to a hymn, and it has the line: The cry “To arms!” is heard afar and near. How do I do those quotations without Frescobaldi thinking it’s a string of code? Also I am the newbie-est of newbies with coding and this

Adding a quote to lyrics

2021-09-09 Thread Kira Garvie
Hello all, I am typing the lyrics to a hymn, and it has the line: The cry “To arms!” is heard afar and near. How do I do those quotations without Frescobaldi thinking it’s a string of code? Also I am the newbie-est of newbies with coding and this program here so please be gentle and very specific!