From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 31 7:39: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C2A37B401 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:39:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345FE43E42 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:38:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pippo@bellnet.ca) Received: from pippo.bellnet.ca ([65.94.99.208]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id <20021031153858.PCTZ1512.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@pippo.bellnet.ca>; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:38:58 -0500 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20021031102840.00ae44f8@pop51.bellnet.ca> X-Sender: lesp3999@pop51.bellnet.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:38:56 -0500 To: eladioventura@hotmail.com From: pippo@bellnet.ca Subject: Re: switch languages Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021031161824.GA7305@hotmail.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021031092619.00ae06f0@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021031092619.00ae06f0@mail.host45.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 04:18 PM 10/31/2002 +0000, you wrote: I have to slap my own hands - dumb. I was not clear - When I say I have to switch languages, I am using OpenOffice (trying to replace MS Ofc) and have to use text and graphics in the same document. So, I don't think that I could use emacs since it is a text only editor. >The carbonbased lifeform info@lespetitsplaisirs.com shocked >freebsd-questions with: > > I need to switch languages (English, French, Italian) very often within > the > > same document. Is there some way to switch keyboard layouts on FreeBSD > > quickly and painlessly as can be done on Windows? > >Why not install emacs and leim? Use menu->Options->Mule and select >language environment to European->latin-9. Then toggle the input >method from the same menu and pick the default. Now you can type ~c >and get a c cedille and 'e to automatically get an e accent aigu. To >find the exact keybindings, pick Describe Input Method from the same >menu. Easy as pie! > >-- >Ban All Sigs!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message