Japanese Windows IME does similar. After committing converted text, Backspace erases the last converted character, while CTRL+Backspace right after commits undo the commit and put the text back to converted (i.e., undetermined or editing) state.
/koji On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:24 PM, Andre Schappo <a.scha...@lboro.ac.uk> wrote: WRT Hangul Syllables & OSX TextEdit Take a Hangul Syllable such as 반 backspace erases the whole syllable control+backspace erases one jamo at a time from the syllable André Schappo On 19 Mar 2014, at 16:38, Doug Ewell wrote: > Andre Schappo <A dot Schappo at lboro dot ac dot uk> wrote: > >> 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 > > That's the sort of feature I would just love. I also love the Alt+Tab > and Windows+Tab features to switch between windows in Windows. I am led > to believe that "normal users" (cf. nerds) hate this kind of hidden > feature, and either never use it or become annoyed when they invoke it > accidentally by hitting the magic key combination. > > -- > Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, USA > http://ewellic.org | @DougEwell > _______________________________________________ Unicode mailing list Unicode@unicode.org http://unicode.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode _______________________________________________ Unicode mailing list Unicode@unicode.org http://unicode.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode