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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/tips-specialchars.page b/gnome-help/C/tips-specialchars.page index 6a6a1a5..dff7d2c 100644 --- a/gnome-help/C/tips-specialchars.page +++ b/gnome-help/C/tips-specialchars.page @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ id="tips-specialchars"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="tips"/> - <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-19" status="stub"/> + + <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-19" status="incomplete"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Shaun McCance</name> @@ -17,22 +18,88 @@ <title>Enter special characters</title> - <p>XXXXX</p> + <p>You can enter and view thousands of characters from most of the world's + writing systems, even those not found on your keyboard. This page lists + some different ways you can enter special characters.</p> + + <links type="section"> + <title>Methods to enter characters</title> + </links> <section id="charmap"> - <title>Character Map</title> + <title>Character map</title> + <p>GNOME comes with a character map application that allows you to browse + all the characters in Unicode. Use the character map to find the character + you want, and then copy and paste it to wherever you need it.</p> + <p>You can find <app>Character Map</app> in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview. + For more information on the character map, see the + <link href="ghelp:gucharmap">Character Map Manual</link>.</p> </section> <section id="compose"> <title>Compose key</title> + <p>A compose key is a special key that allows you to press multiple keys + in a row to get a special character. For example, to type the accented + letter <em>é</em>, you can press <key>compose</key> then <key>'</key> + then <key>e</key>.</p> + <p>Keyboards don't have specific compose keys. Instead, you can define + one of the existing keys on your keyboard as a compose key.</p> + <steps> + <title>Define a compose key</title> + <item><p>Click your name in the top bar and select <gui>System + Settings</gui>.</p></item> + <item><p>Click <gui>Region and Language</gui>.</p></item> + <item><p>Select the <gui>Layouts</gui> tab and press + <gui>Options</gui>.</p></item> + <item><p>Find the group called <gui>Compose key position</gui>. + Select the key or keys you would like to behave as a compose key. + You can choose keys like <key>Caps Lock</key>, either of the + <key>Alt</key> keys, or the menu key. Any keys you select will + then only work as a compose key, and will no longer work for + their original purpose.</p></item> + </steps> + <p>You can type many common characters using the compose key, for + example:</p> + <list> + <item><p>Press <key>compose</key> then <key>'</key> then a letter to + place an acute accent over that letter, such as <em>é</em>.</p></item> + <item><p>Press <key>compose</key> then <key>`</key> (backtick) then a + letter to place a grave accent over that letter, such as + <em>è</em>.</p></item> + <item><p>Press <key>compose</key> then <key>"</key> then a letter to + place an umlaut over that letter, such as <em>ë</em>.</p></item> + <item><p>Press <key>compose</key> then <key>-</key> then a letter to + place a macron over that letter, such as <em>ē</em>.</p></item> + </list> + <p>For more compose key sequence, see <link + href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key#Common_compose_combinations">the + compose key page on Wikipedia</link>.</p> </section> <section id="ctrlshiftu"> - <title><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>u</key></keyseq></title> + <title>Code points</title> + <p>You can enter any Unicode character using only your keyboard with the numeric + code point of the character. Every character is identified by a four-character + code point. To find the code point for a character, find the character in the + character map application and look in the status bar or the <gui>Character + Details</gui> tab. The code point is the four characters after <gui>U+</gui>.</p> + + <p>To enter a character by its code point, hold down <key>Ctrl</key> and + <key>Shift</key>, type <key>u</key> followed by the four-character code + point, then release <key>Ctrl</key> and <key>Shift</key>. If you often use + characters that you can't easily access with other methods, you might find + it useful to memorize the code point for those characters so you can enter + them quickly.</p> </section> <section id="layout"> <title>Keyboard layouts</title> + <p>XXXXX: write keyboard layouts page, link</p> + </section> + + <section id="im"> + <title>Input methods</title> + <p>XXXXX: write input methods page, link</p> </section> </page> |