2008/9/28 K W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes, I am afraid you are misunderstanding me. The problem was that any > assigning of keys done in the Operating System (in my case OS X.5) or any > other way of getting to special characters would work in other programmes > running under this Operating System but would not work likewise in OOo 2.4. > (or, probably, rather in X11), where the keyboard, clipboard etc. would > just > behave differently and ignore the settings done in the Operating > System.Anyway, > OOo 3.0.0 is behaving as expected in line with the settings in the > Operating > System. > > K.W.
OK, it's an X11 problem. I don't know how X11 works with MacOS X, but now we don't need to. :D J.R. > > > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Johnny Rosenberg > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Nice that yousolved your problem in some kind of way, at least. > > > > 2008/9/27 K W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Good morning, > > > thanks a lot for the suggestions. The problem, however, was exactly > that > > > copying from the clipboard and all ways to reassign special characters > to > > > key combinations did not work in OOo 2.4. > > > > The special character assigning to keyas I was talking about was not done > > in > > OpenOffice.org, it was done with the Operating System (in my case > Ubuntu), > > or maybe I am misunderstanding you now. > > J.R. > > > > > > > > > > As I discoverd since, apparently this is a problem of X11. For in the > > > meantime I have, following suggestions in a different context on this > > list, > > > downloaded the beta version 3.0.0 of OOo native for OS X PPC, and with > > this > > > the problem disappears completely, pasting from the clipboard is > working > > > perfectly, and I have solved this issue in no time. > > > > > > Thanks again and have a nice weekend, > > > K.W. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Johnny Rosenberg < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > 2008/9/25 K W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > Good evening, > > > > > I am using the German version of OpenOffice.org Writer on a Mac G4 > > > under > > > > OS > > > > > X 10.5. While normal functions work fine - a great thanks to all > who > > > > > developed Open Office! - I have a specific problem when dealing > with > > > > > Unicode > > > > > characters not normally accessible through the keyboard. I have no > > > > problem > > > > > to insert a special character, e. g. u+016B (LATIN SMALL LETTER U > > WITH > > > > > MACRON) via the menu insert, special character. However, I have not > > > found > > > > > any possibility to enter such characters in a field in the > > > search/replace > > > > > dialogue nor in the AutoCorrect dialogue. In these contexts pasting > > the > > > > > special character does not work nor does switching the keyboard > table > > > to > > > > a > > > > > language that makes this character accesible via the keyboard (e.g. > > > > > Lithuanian) help as even like this the "normal" character as > > indicated > > > on > > > > > the keyboard is used. I have not found any information on how to > > solve > > > > this > > > > > in the FAQ nor in the OpenOffice help. > > > > > > > > > > As I am a beginner in using OpenOffice.org Writer I assume that I > am > > > > doing > > > > > something very simple wrong, so excuse, please, if I am pestering > you > > > > with > > > > > this question, but I would be very grateful if you could explain to > > me > > > > how > > > > > to overcome this problem. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot and best regards, > > > > > K. Wöbking > > > > > > > > > Sorry for not knowing much about MacOS. Have you tried to paste from > > the > > > > clipboard? Assuming there is one in MacOS… > > > > > > > > For me, using Ubuntu, Ctrl+v usually works in most situations. Do you > > > have > > > > a > > > > compose key? On my system (still Ubuntu), I can compose my own > > characters > > > > by > > > > hitting my compose key (I assigned Caps Lock to it), then release it > > and > > > > then hit two other keys, like (in my case) Caps Lock → Release it → o > → > > > > release it → c → release it ⇨ (c). > > > > > > > > (In case something doesn't support UTF-8, (c)=Copyright, →=right > arrow, > > > > ⇨="double" right arrow, "=quatation mark (the real ones, since > > "=inches, > > > > for > > > > example) > > > > > > > > I can also make special characters (UTF-8) by hitting Ctrl+Shift+u → > > > > release > > > > → enter a hexadecimal number → hit space (or Enter if you prefer > that). > > > > Before you hit Enter (or space), it will look like this example: > > *u2103*. > > > > When hitting Enter, *u2103* will be replaced by ℃ (degrees Celsius). > > Can > > > > you > > > > do something similar with MacOS? If so, that should work, I guess. > > > > > > > > I personally made my own keyboard configuration, so I have four > > different > > > > characters for every key (in combination with Shift and AltGr, the > > latter > > > > one often referred to as right Alt key, again I don't know about > Mac). > > I > > > > can > > > > even use the arrow keys for entering characters (←↑↓→⇨⬄), and the > Enter > > > key > > > > as well (↵¶). Still they work as they should, as arrow keys (when not > > > > combined with AltGr) and Enter respectively. I suppose that's > possible > > > with > > > > Mac too, but for most people it's maybe a bit overkill. > > > > > > > > I am sure I didn't answer your question the way you perharps wanted, > > but > > > I > > > > hope I possibly gave you one idea or two. > > > > > > > > J.R. > > > > > > > > > >
