On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:09:31 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Den 16 april 2012 22:36 skrev Séamas Ó Brógáin <[email protected]>: > > 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 and > > typesetting. Their correct use cannot be predicted by context, nor are > > they interchangeable. > > > > You need to find out where these characters are in the character set you > > are using. This depends on your operating system, your language, and > > your keyboard layout. > > > > 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, > > That's actually what I did (called ”Sweden Johnny Rosenberg”, > available on my computers only…), but I didn't mention it because I > thought it could be a bit tricky… > I have the en-dash at AltGr+- and the em-dash at AltGr+Shift+-. I also > did a lot of other modification, like removed all my numbers from the > first row (I already have them on the num pad to the right – why have > them at more than one place?) and moved some Shift+number combinations > so I don't need Shift for characters like ”!#%&/” and so on. I even > made labels to put on my keys, but most of them was worn out after a > couple of weeks of typing… > > To change the layout (or rather add a new one in this case), you need > to fiddle with three files (at least in Ubuntu): > /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst, /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml > and /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/<the file representing your language>, > more on that another time… > > Ok, this was a bit off topic… > > > Kind regards > > Johnny Rosenberg > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > >so that (for example) compose-hyphen gets you the > > en rule and shift-compose-hyphen gets you the dash (em rule). If you > > want to do this I will help you (but only if you use GNU/Linux!). > > > > You could, as Johnny suggests, create your own auto-correct sequences, > > but personally I would avoid all such contrivances. Auto-correct is > > _not_ your friend. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All > > messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > Hi Johnny; Out of curiosity, what is AltGr+ ? Alt is of course the "Alt" key on the keyboard but which key is Gr? My keyboard (an old IBM windows model) doesn't have such a key. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSUSE 12.1x86_64 openSUSE 12.2x86_64 KDE 4.6.00, FF 7.0 KDE 4.7.2, FF 11.0 claws-mail 3.8.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
