I'm sorry, I forgot to add a useful link to support my comment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Alt_keycodes
I also forgot that the œ symbols has almost exactly the same keycode as £ (0156 as opposed to 156), which is the symbol I learnt about alt keycodes for in the first place (silly American keyboards not having the £ key!). Max > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Dyckhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 4:04 PM > To: A.J.Mechelynck; vim@vim.org > Subject: RE: Other European languages on a US keyboard > > I haven't been following this thread in its entirety, but there are the > "Windows Alt Keycodes" that can solve your entry of the œ symbol, and many > others. To enter œ "all" you need to do is HOLD Alt, and then enter 0156 > on the keypad, and then release Alt. > > Hardly a stylish solution, but easier than copy/pasting from Vim, I'm > sure. > > Max > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: A.J.Mechelynck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 3:58 PM > > To: vim@vim.org > > Subject: Re: Other European languages on a US keyboard > > > > Christian Ebert wrote: > > > * A.J.Mechelynck on Saturday, July 22, 2006 at 22:40:45 +0200: > > >> The French oe (o, e-dans-l'o) is not defined in the Latin1 encoding, > > >> neither in capitals (as for titles or if the word "oeuf" [egg] is the > > >> first of a sentence), nor in lowercase. You need UTF-8 for it, > > > > > > No. Just latin9 or ISO8859-15 (Look at the header of this mail). > > > > > > Mon cœur. > > > > > > This is on a Mac with a German keyboard, but using actually an > > > American keyboard layout. I enter the "œ" with Alt-q (the "Alt" > > > key on Mac keyboard corresponds to the Modifier key on other > > > keyboards I believe). > > > > > > $ echo $LANG > > > en_US.ISO8859-15 > > [...] > > > > Good to know that the Euro sign wasn't the only "missing glyph" added in > > ISO 8859-15. > > > > There is an Alt key left of the spacebar on i86 machine's keyboards, but > > I guess you mean the Alt-Gr which is right of the spacebar. > > (Alt-something is used for menu shortcuts here.) AltGr-q gives me æ > > (æ), with shift Æ (Æ). > > > > I think I'm going to experiment with this AltGr key, apparently it gives > > a lot of new characters not always mentioned on the keys; and different > > ones depending on whether it is used alone or with Shift. [after trying] > > I can't find œ, I will have to continue pasting it from Vim when I > > want it in an email. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Tony.
