On 03/03/07, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
Henri, No misunderstanding. Even my fingers can do Alt or Alt Gr + Shift + another key simultaneously. What I can't do is the Ctrl+Shift+u simultaneous 3-key chord apparently necessary to enter Unicode values in Linux. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
