I know you don't use Windows, but there is a Windows program called AllChars which let you enter special characters easily (such as Ctrl c o produce a (c) and so on - the Ctrl key is pressed, then released, that's why I didn't type Ctrl+c o). Works in every application. Maybe there is something like it for Linux?
Johnny 2007/2/19, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
2007/2/19, John King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > M Henri Day wrote: > > <snip| > 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] Alas, on my Skandihoovian keyboard, these manipulations don't always work. If I hold down the combination «Alt Gr + Shift + '», I cannot then strike «c» and get «č», instead, after the first operation I get «×», so the combination leads to «×c». Changing my keyboard settings to English us/uk is not an option, as I should thereby immediately lose all the advantages my present setting (to Swedish) gives me. So can it go ! But I haven't given up - if anyone has another suggestion, I'm all ears (typing features).... Henri
