On 19 Mar 2014, at 01:33, Doug Ewell wrote: > Richard Wordingham <richard dot wordingham at ntlworld dot com> wrote: > >>> Typing is a nightmare. >> >>> When you backspace it destroys multiple keystrokes. >> >> I suspect this is a widespread and unsolved problem. > > There are two types of people: > > 1. those who fully expect Backspace to erase a single keystroke, and feel it > is a fatal flaw if it erases an entire combination, and > > 2. those who fully expect Backspace to erase an entire combination, and feel > it is a fatal flaw if it erases just a single keystroke. > > Unfortunately, both types exist in significant numbers. > > -- > Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, USA > http://ewellic.org | @DougEwell >
WRT Latin. I have just tested with OSX TextEdit and the precomposed character é U+00E9 Backspace erases é Control+Backspace erases ´ leaving one with e I had not realised this was possible until I experimented with combinations of Backspace + alt/command/ctrl/shift André _______________________________________________ Unicode mailing list [email protected] http://unicode.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode
