Thanks for responding Henri; On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi; > > > > I didn't want to hi-jack someone else's thread with a question that is > > close to the 'Accented Characters' discussion but not quite the same. > > > > I want to bind some accented keys and symbols to a mnemonic keys using > > the left and/or right Super (Windows) key. I would like them to be > > universal; i.e. work in all, or at least most, applications in Linux. > > > > I have and use the compose key (Windows menu key). I use the > > <Ctrl><Shift>+U + number. But rather than having to remember a set of > > unicodes, I would like to bind either the key strokes (<Ctrl><Shift>+U + > > number ) or an equivalent command to <Super_L> + <key>. That way > > <Super_L> + < y > would give me ✔ ( a checkmark ) for example. In over > > two years of trying I have not found a way to bind equivalent keystrokes > > to what I consider a mnemonic key combination. In this case, Super_L = > > all Bill's modified keys and y = yes = checkmark. > > > > Maybe someone here can tell me how to solve this. I have tried the > > Gnome mailing list and forum two or three times over the last couple of > > years and gotten no helpful response. > > > > I am using Fedora Core 6; Gnome 2.16.3; OOo 2.0.4 > > > > -- > > Regards Bill > > > Bill, you and I seem to employ similar set-ups, save for the fact that I use > Ubuntu Edgy where you use Fedora.
Yes. What I want should work on any Linux distribution. > I not absolutely sure that I fully > understand what you're after, I'll explain at the bottom. My request has a lot of people confused, yet it seems so obvious to me. Put most simply, if I can get a symbol or accented character by using a compose key or <Ctrl><Shift>+<U> then <unicode number>, I should be able to assign (bind) those key strokes to another, simpler set of keys, <A modifier Key>+<mnemonic key> -- something like a OOo basic macro. Now, I am anticipating that there is, in fact, a better way to do it than using a macro which is only available when I am using an OOo application. > but if it's a series of mnemonic combinations > using a self-chosen «auto-key» (I use Right Windows), why not try the list > available on the page to which John M King kindly provided a link : > http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html. Might just possibly be what > you're looking for !... > Been there. I use the compose key now to get those symbols and accented characters. The problem is there are other unicode symbols etc. that are not part of any compose list. For example, I use the checkmark (U2714) fairly often and it is not in any compose charts I have seen. Or, I used to write small articles about playing the card game 'Bridge'. Spade = U2660, Club = U2663, Heart = U2665, Diamond = U2666 and 'No Trump' = NT. I would be very convenient if I could bind those card suite unicodes to a consistent mnemonic set of keys. Or, I am English Canadian who learnt touch typing on US keyboards but often use french words. I would like to add easy to type, frequently used accented characters to my keyboard without disturbing my compose set up. E.G. <Super_R>+<e> => é or <Super_L>+e => è etc. I want to emphasize, I don't what to change my compose setup, it still has lots of uses, but add some keys so that I can keep up my rhythm of thought while typing. > Henri Doesn't that make sense? Shouldn't it be easy? -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
