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> References: <BAY7-F92Bl8LgFuoe5c0000d842@hotmail.com> <20030504185207.GB854@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <002401c3135d$be979fc0$0d01a8c0@skynet> <200305061929.10211.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.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 > >_______________________________________________ >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" > > >
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