On 12/14/2014 02:12 AM, Rolf Turner wrote:
On 14/12/14 18:20, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 14 December 2014, Rolf Turner sent:
>> I saw stuff about "the compose key" bizzo while googling around, but I
>> couldn't figure out how to "create" a compose key. I tried to
follow
>> some instructions that I found, but could not get them to work.
>
/snip/
Gottit! Thanks very much! 'Twas simple once I was nudged in the right direction.
I've set a compose key (to be the left Windoze key) following instructions, and the
system works like a charm.
One more thing, if I may be permitted: You (Tim) in your previous email mentioned the
possibility of needing a cheat-sheet for the less obvious key combinations for
constructing "non-standard" characters.
Do such cheat-sheets exist? Is there a URL whence I could obtain one?
Thanks again.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
If you're really gung ho, you can get a whole book: "Compose Key Sequence
Reference Guide 2012" by Sander van Geloven. I have a hard copy,
and I don't remember who was selling it, but it says on the information page at the
befinning, "Published globally on line by Hellebaard,
Utrecht, Netherlands." It also says, "ISBN 978-1-4681-4119-8 perfect bound
paperback in English."
It not only has Compose key sequences, it also has a lot of Unicode entries, for times
when the Compose key is insufficient. However,
the Unicode index is far from complete: it doesn't have unaccented Greek characters,
and it has no Arabic or Japanese, etc.
--doug