Thank you, Adheesh. But in the version I have, Option+r does not work. It has to be Shift+r, and then one gets the two options. At least the issue is now resolved. Thanks.
Patrick > On Oct 13, 2025, at 10:46 PM, adheesh sathaye via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Patrick et al, > > On a Mac using the Devanagari QWERTY layout, one trick to get the long > vocalic r glyphs is to do the following: > > 1. switch to the Devanagari QWERTY keyboard > 2. press and HOLD Option+r (which would ordinarily give you the regular short > vocalic r > 3. a popup menu should appear, with two options, either ऋ or ॄ. > 4. If you then type “1”, you can use the full long vocalic ṝ, or if you > press “2", you will be able to use the vowel marker. > > Hope that helps! I am using macos 11.7.10, so presumably newer versions also > have this feature! > > with best wishes, > Adheesh > > > — > Adheesh Sathaye > University of British Columbia > > > >> On Oct 13, 2025, at 20:33, Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have the same problem. >> >> Hans Henrich >> >>> On Oct 13, 2025, at 22:13, Patrick Olivelle via INDOLOGY >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dear All: >>> >>> I am using Devanagari-QWERTY keyboard with Sanskrit2003 font on a Macbook. >>> I want to type the long “ṝ” in Devanagari (as in “pitṝn”), but I cannot >>> find a way to type this in my keyboard. Any help would be deeply >>> appreciated. Thanks. >>> >>> Patrick >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!DZ3fjg!9UmBJ1MyZfB9BgYBJZpUCSEVEMfdoCvunfs21kK3F_DOL7RUEuaHy-a5kZomZJZS1WSGzU7YRzHLIbjEaJAdi5pATebB$ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> This message is from an external sender. Learn more about why this << >>> matters at https://links.utexas.edu/rtyclf. << _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
