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Date:      Tue, 06 May 2003 22:35:14 +0930
From:      "Kerpal\" Moore <gropep_it@internode.on.net>"@smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net
To:        Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to type special characters?
Message-ID:  <3EB7B30A.4060008@internode.on.net>
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Can you do the microsoft style ´ + e = é ?  Are there language mapping 
options in one of the control panels? I've used FreeBSD for 3 years I 
suppose, but I've never used it with x windows...


Robert Storey wrote:

>On Tuesday 06 May 2003 07:26, Rob Wentworth wrote:
>  
>
>>Most laptops have a portion of the keyboard that can be used as a numeric
>>keypad by pressing the Fn key and/or switching it to keypad mode. This
>>allows typing special characters.
>>
>>In Windows I usually cut-and-paste characters from the "character map"
>>utility so I don't have to remember the codes -- there must be a similar
>>tool for FreeBSD...
>>    
>>
>
>In Kword, you can get a character map with "Insert | Special Character" - 
>actually, that character map in Kword can run as a standalone utility, but 
>offhand I can't remember the name that launches it.
>
>regards,
>Robert
>
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