On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:25:45 +0000 John King wrote: > M Henri Day wrote: > > > When I was using *XP* on my computer, *Word* (and to a lesser > > degree, even other apps, like Gmail) permitted me to make use > > of a little table I had prepared from the *Table de caractères > > Unicode* <http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/> to write in certain > > graphs that weren't immediately available on my (Norwegian) > > keyboard (to write Chinese and Japanese, I used the language > > bar and the IMEs ; I now use SCIM), but to which I could gain > > access by using the Alt key and the numpad keys (with Num Lock > > *on*) to the right of the keyboard. To give an example of what > > I mean, here below an excerpt from the table : > > > > ___ = Alt + 0128 > > ¥ = Alt + 0165 > > Ç = Alt + 0199 > > ç = Alt + 0231 > > __ = Alt + 0262 > > __ = Alt + 0263 > > __ = Alt + 0268 > > __ = Alt + 0269 > > > > Some, like ___, but by no means all of these are taken care of by > > Alt Gr +, but I should very much like to have recourse to the > > others as well directly from the keyboard, instead of having to > > open my list and cut and paste. Does anyone know if it is > > possible to arrange OO.o so that Alt + numpad keys would work > > as they do in *Windows*/*Word* ?... > > > > Henri > > I use the 'compose' key to generate characters such as the > examples above. You'll find a list on: > > http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html > > On ubuntu edgy you can define which key to set as the compose key > in System - Preferences -Keyboard - Layout options. > Then tap the compose key, tap the accent you want (key defined on > the above web page, but most can be guessed and are easy to > remember) and then the character. > So, > compose + , + C = Ç (0199) > > Of course, some characters that are not character + accent won't > be covered. >
And i beleive they can be set in OO.o on a character by character basic to keys that have no preset system or OO.o keybinding ie [Ctrl]+[Shift]+ most letters and numbers. -- Michael Those that can, do; those that can't, teach. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
