John King-2 wrote: > > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2007/2/18, John King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> 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. <snip> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> John >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Thanks a lot, John ! I went to >> System→Preferences→Keyboard→Layout Options, as per your >> instructions, and found that under the last-named, I could >> choose Compose key positions, with the following alternatives : >> >> - Right Alt is Compose >> - Right Win-key is Compose >> - Menu is Compose >> - Right Ctrl is Compose >> - Caps Lock is Compose >> >> As I never use the Right Win-key, the choice was obvious, and >> while most of the symbols listed in ISO 8859-1 were already >> available to me on my rather well-equipped keyboard, some, like >> «ů» were not. Now, I think, I can write just about everything I >> need to write in the European languages I use directly from my >> keyboard - with one important exception : I can't compose a >> caron or inverted circumflex or «háček» - «ˇ» - which I need >> to write letters like «č»,«š», «ž» and «ř», used in certain >> Slavic orthographies. If I could figure out how to compose this >> symbol and add it to ordinary ASCII letters by using the >> compose key, my joy would know no bounds - until I ran into >> something else I needed to know.... >> >> Henri > > Here comes your boundless joy! > > For a full listing and more extensive explanation, see: > > http://www.kenmoffat.uklinux.net/hints/Accented_Latin-UTF-8.txt > > The above article mentions that the writer had problems with the > compose key generating some characters. I have the same problem > with my cheap UK keyboard, so for haček/caron accented > characters I use the AltGr+Shift combination. > > so:- > AltGr+Shift+' followed by c = č > AltGr+Shift+' followed by s = š > > See the above article for other combinations, though you can most > likely guess them :-) > > Most of the initial part of the article deals with xterm > keyboards. Provided I choose the basic variant of my UK > keyboard, I get the right characters anyway in openoffice and > other applications. However, I found changing the variant does > muck them up, so you may have to check your keyboard settings if > you don't get the correct output. > > > -- > > John > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Greetings. I am struggling to understand this. I have amended /etc/X11/Xmodmap to include the following line: keycode 115 = Multi_key Keycode 115 is the left winkey. There remain at least 2 things I do not understand: 1. The layout of my compose file ( /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose ) is quite different from that in http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html . These are typical lines: - - - - quote - - - - <Multi_key> <plus> <plus> : "#" numbersign <Multi_key> <apostrophe> <space> : "'" apostrophe - - - end quote - - - winkey, +, + does not produce # yet - perhaps I have to shutdown and re-start the system first? I guess that I am able to amend the file (as long as I can find the right jargon) so that the key combinations and results suit me better - is that correct? I have to hack the files because there is no tool on the desktop I'm using to alter keyboard arrangements in this way. 2. What is a "dead key"? Do I already have one or more or do I have to do something to kill (an) existing key/s? Thanks for the information. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Alt-%2B-menu---tf3248381.html#a9039229 Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
