Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Tom wrote: How do you do that if your system (openSuSE 12.1) only allows two (2) key composition? I didn’t think there was such a restriction. I have a custom compose list (on Ubuntu), and I just created a three-key combination, and it works. Is this something unique to SUSE (which seems

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 17 april 2012 22:32 skrev Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:09:31 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 16 april 2012 22:36 skrev Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie: Regina wrote: They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 18 april 2012 02:12 skrev Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:22 +0100 Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: Doug: Using the compose key, the default settings are:    dash (em rule)      ---    en rule:            --. How do you do that if your system

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 18 april 2012 18:19 skrev Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: Den 18 april 2012 02:12 skrev Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:22 +0100 Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: Doug: Using the compose key, the default settings are:    dash (em rule)      ---  

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread T. R. Valentine
Even Micro$oft Windoze has keyboards using the AltGr. For a list of available keyboard layouts in Windoze: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964651 An example of a U.S. English (US-International) keyboard layout which uses the AltGr:

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:10:18 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 17 april 2012 22:32 skrev Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:09:31 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 16 april 2012 22:36 skrev Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie:

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters (added)

2012-04-18 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:10:18 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 17 april 2012 22:32 skrev Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:09:31 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 16 april 2012 22:36 skrev Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie:

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Doug
On 04/18/2012 12:19 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Den 18 april 2012 02:12 skrev Thomas Taylorli...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:22 +0100 Séamas Ó Brógáins...@iol.ie wrote: Doug: Using the compose key, the default settings are: dash (em rule) --- en rule:--.

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Doug
On 04/18/2012 01:30 PM, Thomas Taylor wrote: On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:10:18 +0200 Johnny Rosenberggurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 17 april 2012 22:32 skrev Thomas Taylorli...@comcast.net: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:09:31 +0200 Johnny Rosenberggurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 16 april 2012

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-18 Thread Tom Davies
...@optonline.net Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 18 April, 2012, 19:38 On 04/18/2012 01:30 PM, Thomas Taylor wrote: On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:10:18 +0200 Johnny Rosenberggurus.knu...@gmail.com  wrote: Den 17 april

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-17 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Doug: Using the compose key, the default settings are: dash (em rule) --- en rule:--. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines +

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-17 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:09:31 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 16 april 2012 22:36 skrev Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie: Regina wrote: They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is replaced with the en-dash or em-dash when the following word is

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) AltGr is the Alt key on the right of the space-bar.  You probably just haven't noticed the Gr bit before.  Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 17/4/12, Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net wrote: From: Thomas Taylor li...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-17 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:22 +0100 Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: Doug: Using the compose key, the default settings are: dash (em rule) --- en rule:--. How do you do that if your system (openSuSE 12.1) only allows two (2) key composition? Thanks,

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Den 16 april 2012 18:16 skrev e-letter inp...@gmail.com: Readers, The dialogue window 'insert special character' does not show easily en-dash (–) and em-dash (—), so had to use the unicode values (e.g. ctrl+2013). Is there another way to select these types of characters within LO? LO334

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
Regina wrote: They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is replaced with the en-dash or em-dash when the following word is finished . . . That is _not_ a good idea. The hyphen, en rule and em rule (dash) are distinct characters with distinct uses in conventional typography

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread e-letter
On 16/04/2012, Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: Regina wrote: They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is replaced with the en-dash or em-dash when the following word is finished . . . That is _not_ a good idea. The hyphen, en rule and em rule (dash) are distinct

Re: [libreoffice-users] select en-dash and em-dash characters

2012-04-16 Thread Doug
On 04/16/2012 06:24 PM, e-letter wrote: On 16/04/2012, Séamas Ó Brógáins...@iol.ie wrote: /snip/ As Johnny pointed out, they can be entered with the compose key. If you use them so often that even this is too cumbersome you can customise your keyboard layout, so that (for example)