2007/3/3, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 02/03/07, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> interesting ! On my Linux (Ubuntu 6.10) machine, Alt Gr + c = Alt Gr + Shift > + c → (c). To obtain ¢ I have to perform the more complicated Ctrl + Shift > + > u, then the hexcode 00a2 (0a2 works equally well), then space-bar > procedure.... > > Henri > I have to say I admire your legerdemain. There is no way my fingers can achieve Ctrl+Shift+u with one hand while typing 0a2 with the other. On my Win XP Pro system the things you mention with Alt Gr work if I use the "US International" keyboard software but *mot* if I use my standard UK keyboard setup. Windows has a facility wehreby I can toggle between different languages and/or different keyboards. My problem is that the physical keys are laid out for the UK so if I want to use the Alt Gr trick with the US International keyboard software then many important keys (I nearly said key keys) get transposed and I get confused. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
Harold, I think we have a misunderstanding : when I write «Alt Gr + c» and «Alt Gr+ Shift + c», I refer to depressing these keys (two in the former case, three in the latter) more or less simultaneously ; that is not beyond even my poor powers. The equals sign «=» refers to the fact that the result of both operations, indicated by the arrow «→», is the same, i e, «(c)». To obtain «¢», I must resort to a more complex manœuvre. I was merely indicating my surprise that Ennio, also using a Linux distro, obtained «¢» by means of «Alt Gr + Shift + c».... Henri
