Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 09:40:24 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: "Kerpal\" Moore <gropep_it@internode.on.net>"@smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net, Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to type special characters? Message-ID: <200305060940.24939.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <3EB7B30A.4060008@internode.on.net> References: <BAY7-F92Bl8LgFuoe5c0000d842@hotmail.com> <200305061929.10211.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <3EB7B30A.4060008@internode.on.net>
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On Tuesday 06 May 2003 06:05 am, Kerpal\ wrote: > Can you do the microsoft style =B4 + e =3D =E9 ? 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... > I use the "dead key" option with KDE all of the time. You set it up in=20 the control panel > regional accessories > keyboard layout. I have=20 either an "es" or "en". I chose to switch that way rather than use=20 English with International or dead keys. I have gotten used to the=20 Spanish dead key setup on Windows XP and didn't have to relearn=20 anything. Kent > 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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