2014-09-27 16:25 GMT+02:00 Albretch Mueller <[email protected]>: > > How? simple... switch your keyboard configuration to Spanish-Traditional > > (in Windows XP to 7, this is done from Control Panel, under "regional > > settings", click on the "Languages" tab and then on the "details" button. > > "Simplest" are your assumptions. First, I don't use Windows;
So what do you use instead? If you use Ubuntu, you can choose between 33 different English keyboard layouts and you can configure it to be easy to switch between them. I found at least one which would make it very easy to input Spanish characters using the AltGr key (right Alt key on most US keyboards, I think): AltGr+n → ñ, AltGr+Shift+n → Ñ, and so on. > second, > I find myself very often having to use more than one lang in the same > text; As I said, easy to switch between the different keyboard layouts, either using the mouse or a keyboard shortcut. > third, at times I use other editors (for coding, for example); > Perfect. Just switch to the keyboard layout you need, using the mouse or a keyboard shortcut. > fourth, I teach, so I can't just write in a messy way to my students > So stop using a that messy method of yours then… Another method would probably be to use something like AutoKey or similar to convert things like ´a to á on the fly. Or using the Compose key (in Linux/Unix), as already suggested. Or, a more complicated method, to enter the Unicode values directly. In Linux: Ctrl+Shift+u Release keys Enter the character code (Unicode). Hit Enter or Space or Tab. Ctrl+Shift+u 2103 → ℃, for instance. Or Ctrl+Shift+u 21b7 → ↷. > ... > > I am sure that many people suffer the same issues and I wonder how > they do it without having to go "replace" for each sequence on each > text ... > They just use the right keyboard layout for the right purpose… :P :) If you really REALLY want to search and replace, you could just write a simple macro that searches the whole document for you for one character at a time, replacing them one by one. I could probably make one for you if you are not up to it yourself, but it would probably not be very fast. It would be faster than doing the character replacing manually, though… Johnny Rosenberg > > lbrtchx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
