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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: insert special characters
From:       Ferdinand  Gassauer <gassauer () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-12-16 16:53:26
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On Tuesday 16 December 2003 16:52, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 December 2003 00:13, Erik K. Pedersen wrote:
> > Mandag 15 december 2003 02:34   skrev James Richard Tyrer:
> > > Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > I just filed a wish concerning handling of international characters
> > > >
> > > > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70405
> > > >
> > > > IMHO this should be solved KDE generally to handle international
> > > > charactersets user friendly
> > > >
> > > > BTW the "select character" table is very technically , IMHO this
> > > > should/could be regrouped more userfriendly i.e. by language/letter
> > > > not by table.
> > >
> > > You can use the proper keyboard layout, which I don't exactly know how
> > > to use.  Something that would provide a pop-up keyboard layout would
> > > help.
> > >
> > > For most Latin special characters, you can use: "US English w/deadkeys"
> > > to make characters like:
> > >
> > > 	ä ö ñ é
> > >
> > > But, I don't know how to make: œ æ with the keyboard (Æ is even used in
> > > English sometimes).
> > >
> > > --
> > > JRT
> > >
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> > I put the æøå on the win+keys and the eject disk key by the following
> > in .Xmodmap (here are also some German characters on the numeic keys):
> >
> > keycode  83 = ssharp
> > keycode  84 = eacute
> > keycode  87 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis
> > keycode  88 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis
> > keycode  89 = udiaeresis Udiaeresis
> > keycode  115 = ae AE
> > keycode  116 = oslash Ooblique
> > keycode  117 = aring Aring
> >
> > xev can be used to find what keycode corresponds to what key
> >
> > Erik
>
> And to be complete: there is also the Compose key that might help to get
> characters not directly available on the keyboard.
Yes this is all reasonable and correct, but the average user will not be able 
to use compose keys and ALT+number
they need a point and click like Mac provides = kcharselect organized 
userfriendly IMHO not a big coding step to take.
>
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