From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 06:04:04 2003 Return-Path: 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 8B17337B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 06:04:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net (smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net [203.16.214.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790C743F93 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 06:04:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gropep_it@internode.on.net) Received: from internode.on.net (ppp1115.sa.padsl.internode.on.net [150.101.251.90])h46D41su010379; Tue, 6 May 2003 22:34:01 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <3EB7B30A.4060008@internode.on.net> Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 22:35:14 +0930 From: "Kerpal\" Moore "@smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Storey References: <20030504185207.GB854@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <002401c3135d$be979fc0$0d01a8c0@skynet> <200305061929.10211.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to type special characters? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 13:04:04 -0000 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" > > >