I second this request. I'd hesitate to do so, except I can't believe there's much effort involved, since other Java-based XML editors on the Mac do it right, and apparently XMLEditor does it also in certain contexts.
- dam On Feb 17, 2005, at 3:16 AM, Sjur N?rsteb? Moshagen wrote: > Hello, > > On > <http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/known_problems.html#problems_on_mac> > you write: > >> Problem: Non US keyboards only: dead keys don't work. For example, >> with a French keyboard, typing "^" (dead circumflex) followed by "o" >> should give "?". In fact, it gives "o". >> >> Workaround: None. > > Although it would be nice to have this fixed, what is worse is that it > is not possible to use Alt-key combinations to write. > > Example: > > 1) Select the Norwegian keyboard layout > 2) Click somewhere in the styled view > 3) try to type Alt-( - it should give [, but returns nothing > > It DOES work when typing in the attribute value field in the attribute > pane. Even dead keys work there. As this proves that it is possible to > write using dead keys and Alt keys in XMLEditor, although not in the > main text area, I would very much ask you to solve this problem. The > combination of the two bugs makes it very cumbersome to write > non-english or multilingual documents, even just technical English > documents. > > Configuration: > > XXE 2.8p1 > MacOS 10.3.8 (latest version) > Java 1.4.2_05 (latest version) > > Best regards, > Sjur N. Moshagen > > > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
