* John King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [150207, 16:08]: > 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 >
Hi Dan & John, I've just found out that the ALT-GR key will do the job on my keyboard (I'm using _keyboard.it_ of course, so a few letters are already accented; but the ALT-GR will print a lot more 'exotic' chars). Thanks for your indications. Ennio. -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fa' qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) ] (°|°) [Why use Win$ozz (I say) if ... "even a fool can do that. )=( Do something you aren't good at!" (as Henry Miller used to say) ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
