Hi; Alluding to a point I was try to make earlier about using unicode ...
On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 12:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/3/3, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > <snip> > > > > 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] > > > Harold, the technique I use is «Ctrl + Shift» with the left hand and, > holding these down, «u» with the right, after which all three keys are > released and the remaining keys typed one after the other. Thus, first «Ctrl > + Shift + u», followed by 0,a,2 in succession, and then space-bar → ¢. > Complicated ? Yes, and more so (but also more powerful) than the «Alt + > 0xxx» that was available to me when using Windows XP, but the procedure > doesn't require extraordinary dexterity, and to my mind is to be preferred > to a cut and paste procedure or opening Character Manager and drawing and > dropping. Thus I am grateful to JJJ for making me aware of these > possibilities. If you have access to a Linux machine, give it a try and let > us hear what you think !... > > Henri Woulddn't it just be easier to assign those keystrokes ( or the command equivalent) to a shortcut key(s) of your own choosing -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
