From a001b7b633bb20c8471289e4bbf0e00549370d20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaun McCance Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:38:59 -0400 Subject: g-h/tips-specialchars: Wrote 3/5 sections of special characters --- gnome-help/C/tips-specialchars.page | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnome-help/C') 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"> - + + Shaun McCance @@ -17,22 +18,88 @@ Enter special characters -

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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.

+ + + Methods to enter characters +
- Character Map + Character map +

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.

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You can find Character Map in the Activities overview. + For more information on the character map, see the + Character Map Manual.

Compose key +

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 é, you can press compose then ' + then e.

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Keyboards don't have specific compose keys. Instead, you can define + one of the existing keys on your keyboard as a compose key.

+ + Define a compose key +

Click your name in the top bar and select System + Settings.

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Click Region and Language.

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Select the Layouts tab and press + Options.

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Find the group called Compose key position. + Select the key or keys you would like to behave as a compose key. + You can choose keys like Caps Lock, either of the + Alt 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.

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You can type many common characters using the compose key, for + example:

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Press compose then ' then a letter to + place an acute accent over that letter, such as é.

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Press compose then ` (backtick) then a + letter to place a grave accent over that letter, such as + è.

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Press compose then " then a letter to + place an umlaut over that letter, such as ë.

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Press compose then - then a letter to + place a macron over that letter, such as ē.

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For more compose key sequence, see the + compose key page on Wikipedia.

- <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>u</key></keyseq> + Code points +

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 Character + Details tab. The code point is the four characters after U+.

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To enter a character by its code point, hold down Ctrl and + Shift, type u followed by the four-character code + point, then release Ctrl and Shift. 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.

Keyboard layouts +

XXXXX: write keyboard layouts page, link

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+ Input methods +

XXXXX: write input methods page, link

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