Den 2011-01-24 17:19:01 skrev M Henri Day <[email protected]>:
2011/1/24 John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:12:37 +0100
M Henri Day <[email protected]> dijo:
>2011/1/24 John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>
>
>> On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:42:55 +0100
>> "Johnny Rosenberg" <[email protected]> dijo:
>>
>> >> It has been a long time since I used Word, but I recall all you
>> >> did was type Alt, then the letter combination (e.g., a:), and it
>> >> automatically converted the letter combination. If the Alt was not
>> >> followed by one of the built in letter combinations, then the Alt
>> >> was ignored.
>> >>
>> >> I've looked everywhere, but I can't find such a feature in
>> >> Writer. I find this surprising.
>>
>> >In Unix-like operating systems you have the Compose key (at least if
>> >your desktop environment is Gnome), which is useful for things like
>> >this. What you do is that you define a Compose key (I use the
>> >otherwise useless Caps Lock for that, but other options are
>> >available). It works like this: Press your Compose key → release it
>> >→ press " → release → press O → release → the result is Ö.
>> >Looks complicated, but just try it. You need to press three keys to
>> >create an Ö or any of the other characters, like á, ë, œ, Ø, ø and
>> >so on.
>>
>> This is what I was looking for. I assumed it would be in OOo, but
>> this is even better because it is system-wide.
>>
>> I use Gnome on Fedora 14, but I have never looked at the keyboard
>> settings. Using your suggestion I changed the useless Windows key to
>> a compose key and now I can get the diacritics I need.
>>
>> The only things I am lacking are ¿, and ¡. I can't figure out what
>> the secret key is to get those. E.g., for á I type press the Windows
>> key, type an apostrophe and then the a. The Windows "compose" key
>> turns the apostophe into a dead key for the acute accent, so the
>> "secret key" is the apostrophe. But I can't figure out what the
>> secret keys for ¿ and ¡ are. There must be a table somewhere in the
>> Gnome documentation, but I can't find it.
>John Jason, on my 105-key standard Scandinavian keyboard with Ubuntu
>10.10 installed, «¡» is obtained by holding the «Alt-Gr» key down and
>pressing «1» (on my keyboard, «Shift + 1» gives «!») and «¿» by doing
>«Alt Gr + Shift + +» (on my keyboard, «Shift + +» gives «?»). Hope
>this helps !...
Apparently the Alt-Gr key is enabled when you select the Scandinavian
keyboard. With the US keyboard it is not, but as I discovered you can
set it to any key in System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts >
Options. I could have set it to the right Alt key, but I decided to use
the otherwise useless Windows key instead.
As it turns out I finally found the solution. I type the Windows key
*plus the shift key*, then the ? key (which requires shift again).
Ditto for the ¡.
I finally found the table I was looking for. I don't know why the Gnome
people didn't include it in the Help, but here it is:
http://hermit.org/Linux/ComposeKeys.html
There are lots of other things you can do with the Compose key.
As a matter of fact, I generally use the right-hand MS key as the compose
key on my 105-key keyboard, for example if I want to type «š» or «č», but
for the two glyphs you mentioned, «Alt Gr» works by default. In any
event,
good you resolved the problem !...
Henri
There are many possible solutions for this problem. Another one is to
create your own keyboard layout, which I did. It is available as ”Sweden –
Johnny Rosenberg” when I select Swedish for language or Sweden for
country. Here's my layout, just in case anyone's interested:
Row 1: §!"#@%&/()=+´
Shift+Row 1: ☠☺”♯¤‰&|₍₎≈?`
AltGr+Row 1: ☏¡@£$¥&{[]}\´
Shift+AltGr+Row 1: ℡☹“♮턌∵∴/⁽⁾≠¿`
Row 2: qwertyuiopå¨
Shift+Row 2: QWERTYUIOPÅ^
AltGr+Row 2: 턋ω€√τ♣♠ⁱ°π⌀~
Shift+AltGr+Row 2: 턉Ω¢®™♢♡ℹ∞℗⊕ˇ
Row 3: asdfghjklöä'
Shift+Row 3: ASDFGHJKLÖÄ’
AltGr+Row 3: ασðφγþ턆턇λøæ×
Shift+AltGr+Row 3: αΣÐ℉턞Þ턎턁턂ØƯ
Row 4: <zxcvbnm,.-
Shift+Row 4: >ZXCVBNM;:_
AltGr+Row 4: ≤ß☐℃♩βⁿµ¸…–
Shift+AltGr+Row 4: ≥턊☒©♩♭ⁿµ˛…—
AltGr+Tab: ⇥
Shift+AltGr+Tab: ⇤
AltGr+Enter: ↵
Shift+AltGr+Enter: ¶
AltGr+Backspace: ⌫
Shift+AltGr+Backspace: ⌫
AltGr+Arrow keys: ←↑↓→
Shift+AltGr+Arrow keys: ⬄↹↔⇨
AltGr+(Home End Delete Insert PgUp PgDn): ◂▸⌦✓▴▾
Shift+AltGr+(Home End Delete Insert PgUp PgDn): ◂‣⏏✔▴▾
Numpad: 0123456789,/*-+
Shift+Numpad: ±⅛¼⅜½⅝¾⅞⅓⅔.÷·⅚⅙
AltGr+Numpad: ₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉⩽⅕⅗₋₊
Shift+AltGr+Numpad: ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⩾⅖⅘⁻⁺
That's it, I guess…
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Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
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