Re: Question asked on OOo mailing list - probably better asked here ??

Thanks Alan;

I have and use the compose button. On my keyboard it is the Windows
Menu button.

On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 19:13 +0000, Alan wrote:
The X server does keyboard mapping of keys and you can use X to map keys.
If you have an international keyboard set up then X ships with compose
functionality which for the subset of symbols it does is usually easier
to learn.

Basically hit alt (left alt to US folks) and shift together, then let go
of both, now type two keys in sequence that compose the resulting symbol.

The compose pairs are designed to be logical thus

ss = ß
a' = á
e^ = ê
e= = €
c, = ç

and so on

Alan

I am not advocating getting rid of the compose facility. I would still
use it for less frequently used accented characters; the same applies to
using <Ctrl><Shft>U,unicode#. However, some of the glyphs that I use
regularly are not part of any compose table I know of and as far as
accent characters are concerned -- they seem to break the flow of the
thought while I am typing.

If, for example, I regularly write articles about the card game bridge I
want to easily get the glyphs ♠ or ♣ or ♥ or ♦ without having to use a
cheat *** -- like I have just done. Similarly, I am an English
Canadian who learnt to touch type on an American Qwerty board years ago.
This means I don't want to use or need to use a 'Canadian' keyboard but
does mean I probably use some French accented characters more often than
other nationalities. Just to keep the ideas flowing I would like to set
a few shortcut keys that are meaningful to me to produce those
characters. Maybe I want to use regularly use a few Hebrew, or Arabic
or Chinese characters.

Actually, whatever reason I may decide to use a shortcut key is
irrelevant. It's a facility I would like to see available.

It seems to me what I am asking for is not a criticism of what currently
exists, but merely a feature that would make inputing more meaningful
and quicker for people who as a matter of routine use characters/glyphs
that are beyond the usual ASCII 256.
--
Regards Bill

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