2008/3/31, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2008/3/31, Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > 2008/3/29, Matt Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Can you please tell me how to obtain foreign characters, (e.g. > > > cedillas, accents, etc,) without going into windows ecplorer character > > > map. Is ther a way of doing it from within the word processor? > > > > > > Bernard Davis > > > > > > Long time since using Windows now, but isn't it something like > > Alt+[decimal > > character code starting with zero]? > > > > I don't know if this goes for any keyboard, but on my keyboards, which > are > > Swedish, there are keys with dead characters like ´, `, ^, ˇ, ¨ and ~. > To > > obtain a ñ, first hit ~, then n. Or à by hitting ` and then a. But maybe > > not > > all keyboards have those keys? > > > > And, once again I am not sure about Windows, but I defined my own > keyboard > > layout, so I now have 4 different characters on most keys (I put labels > on > > my keys so I won't forget which key is what), so I just use the AltGr > key > > (is this a standard key or is it only available on Swedish keyboards?) > and > > Shift key to call the different characters. I even have symbols on my > > arrow > > keys, such as ←, ↓, → and ↑, and they still work also as just arrow keys > > (when not using the AltGr key). > > > > > > J.R. > > > > > Johnny, what symbols do you see when you perform «Alt Gr + arrow keys» ? > On > my keyboard, a standard Scandinavian 105-keyboard, and with the Ubuntu > Hardy > beta set to Swedish as the standard language, holding down the «Alt Gr» > key > and pressing the arrow tangents results in precisely the same operations > being performed as when pressing the arrow tangents without holding down > «Alt Gr».... > > > Henri >
Well, right now I am not at that particular computer, but what happens is that I get the ←↓→↑ characters. But as I said, I have MY OWN configuration. I created it myself, character by character by editing a few configuration files and add the one that describes what I want the keyboard to output in all possible situations. I couold point you to a link on a forum where I descibe that and ask questions about it (which are replied by others), but that forum is in Swedish, so I guess it wold't be too meaningful... However, I can describe the whole thing in English for you or maybe put it on a blog somewhere and link to it. J.R. J.R.
