Dan Lewis wrote: > On Thursday February 15 2007 12:53 am, John King wrote: >> Dan Lewis wrote: >> > On Wednesday February 14 2007 2:14 pm, Ennio-Sr wrote: >> >> * Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [140207, 09:30]: >> >> > On Wednesday February 14 2007 9:21 am, Ennio-Sr wrote: >> >> > > Hi all! >> >> > > [using OOo2.1 under Linux/Debian/Etch] >> >> > > >> >> > > Did I discover hot water? ... >> >> > > [...] >> >> > > Ennio >> >> > >> >> > Sorry, but the water cooled off quite quickly. Since >> >> > these >> >> > are shortcuts, they are found under shortcuts. >> >> > Specifically, look for shortcut keys:in text documents. >> >> > You might want to look at the other items in the category >> >> > of shortcuts. There are many listed there. >> >> > >> >> > Dan >> >> >> >> Oh, that's fine: one never ends learning... >> >> What about my side doubt: is it correct that >> >> ALT+char_number doesn't give any char and you have to us >> >> Insert/Special character? >> >> >> >> Ennio >> > >> > Sorry, it does not work without some "major" changes. >> > Search >> > Help for secial characters. It describes how to get that to >> > work. There may well be a macro that will do it also. >> > >> > Dan >> >> Using the 'compose key' (right Win key on my suse 10 system) + >> characters will allow you to create most compound characters. >> >> e.g. <compose> + ~ , followed by n gives me ñ (ascii 241) > > Very good. I just did the same thing on Mandriva Linux. > However, > I did not that to get the ~ above the n I had to use > <compose>+shift+~ followed by n.
Well, yes, because ~ by definition needs shift since it is in the upper register on most keyboards. The same goes for ~ and ^ on my UK keyboard, whereas ' (for acute accents) and ` (for grave) are in the lower register and therefore do not need shift. See http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html for other combinations. BTW you can also use the AltGr key if you have it on your keyboard (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key), or simply switch keyboard with the KDE keyboard tool. I just find it easier to remember the compose key combinations rather than a separate keyboard if I simply need a few accented characters. It's also easier than trying to remember the ASCII codes. -- John [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
