On Sun, 2014-12-14 at 01:21 -0500, Doug wrote: > On 12/13/2014 10:56 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > On 14/12/14 14:04, Jim Lewis wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Struggling with this and don't know who else to ask .... > >>> > >>> I have just found out how to produce accented characters when typing, > >>> e.g., an email, via <ctrl><shift>u<code> where "<code>" is the unicode > >>> hex number for producing the desired symbol. E.g. <ctrl><shift>ue9 > >>> produces e-acute. > >>> > >>> Fine. Except ... any hex numbers that involve "f" result in a "find" > >>> menu popping up --- instead of the character I want being produced. > > /snip/ > > If you solve the "f" problem Unicode will work, but it's so much of a hassle! > You will have a tough time memorizing all the possibilities, or you'll have > to print out a table and look up everything all the time. I'm sure you can > set up a COMPOSE key in Fedora. If it's not in the printer setup, you may have > to Google it, but it's one of the nice features of Linux. When you have a > Compose key, you make accented characters and quite a few others using simple > key combinations that are fairly obvious, and you don't have to memorize or > look up the codes. (There are a few special characters you may have to look > up, > which you can do by Googling compose characters.) Anyway, for an accented e, > you hit compose, then ' then e. Like this: é. If you want the Italian accent, > you hit compose, then ` e like this: è. You can do it with all the vowels, > and make other diacritical marks, like the French ç. German umlauted vowels > and the ess-tset: ß. (That's compose s s .) Or 75°F. Or £35. or 25¢. > And a whole batch of things that you don't have to look up. Even fractions: > ½ ⅔ ¾ ⅚ and § (That's control s o) The degree sign is Compose o o . > And the Greek µ (Compose / u ) You'll never have to look up Unicode again!
You can avoid the special Compose key by an appropriate keyboard selection that supports dead keys. I use UK International so to type á I hit ' and a. Similarly ñ is ~ and n, and so on. This is under KDE but I assume the same thing would work with Gnome. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
