Technical Question

[waitingman]

How does one put accent marks on letters (umlauts, cedilias, accents grave & acute etc...) for the plethora of foreign words I'd love to use in my entries, but can't, due to an Anglo-centric keyboard??

Comments

[thebellman.livejournal.com]

Assuming you are using a version of windows: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/391afa15-092b-4165-912d-5d628808b03a1033.mspx

although different programs under windows have alternate means as well.

A useful reference is this one: http://www.colby.edu/lrc/help/diacritics.html

Very loosely, doing it on windows requires putting your left elbow in your right ear, and hoping for the best. Doing it on the mac requires you to put your left elbow in your left ear, and waggling your fingers.

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

Okay... I've mucked around with various settings & dislocated my left shoulder trying to insert my elbow... Having failed at that, I've also printed out the HTML codes for accents & characters.

Et maintenant, j'espère le meilleur...

Et voila!! I'm now an HTML cunning linguist...

[unknownblogger.livejournal.com]

On Linux (or more generally, the X Window System) you just use the Compose key, which on a PC keyboard I usually set as Right Alt. Then Compose " a produces ä, Compose ' e produces é, etc. Schön. It's one of the things that I really miss when I have to work on Windows. I'm guessing you could develop a Windows input method that would do something like that, but I haven't come across it in my travels.

[velvetink.livejournal.com]

I've wondered about that but couldn't figure it out & my elbows won't bend the right way - where'd you get the html codes for it?

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

Follow the 2nd link kindly provided by The BellMan & you'll see a link to a looong list of codes which I simply printed out... & will now have to make sure I don't lose next time I clean up the computer-room ~ which doesn't happen often anyway...

more on (as opposed to moron) accent marks

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on what program you are using html is good for most things including this blog. In MS Word you insert (carfully) a symbol.

[maelefic.livejournal.com]

An easier answer is to go:
Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map

It has all accent marks you could require and more.