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["A. den Oudsten" <AdenOudsten@xxxxxx>]

Bennett Helm wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
>
> > On Dec 6, 2006, at 4:11 PM, Stephen Buonopane wrote:
> >
> > > On Dec 6, 2006, at 4:55 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Depending on the accent you want (acute or grave), insert the
> > > > > > following in ERT:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \'e
> > > > > > \`e
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > This *shouldn't* be required. I can type accents in LyX just like I
> > > > > can in any other application on Mac (with the exception that when I
> > > > > hit <option>-e initially in LyX, I don't see the acute accent
> > > > > appearing above the cursor as is normal for other applications,
> > > > > though when I hit the second e (without the <option> key), I get  the
> > > > > "é" character).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This is very cool (I'm relatively new to Macs, so I didn't know  about
> > > > this input method). But it doesn't work for me, either. Details  below.
> > >
> > > I have the same behavior as Maria. No accents.
> > > I am using OS X 10.4.8 and LyX 1.4.2 with mac.bind.
> >
> > If I remember right, I had the same nice behavior as Bennett in LyX/ 
> > Mac before I upgraded to LyX/Mac 1.4.1 and OS 10.4.5. That's why I  
> > was surprised that I couldn't duplicate it and assumed that I was  
> > just not remembering the correct keystrokes.
>
>
> I've done some further testing. I use the Dvorak keyboard, which  gives 
> me no problem. When I switch to the US or US Extended  keyboards, I 
> don't get accents: typing "<option>-e e" gives me  nothing on the 
> screen. However, switching to at least some  international keyboards 
> restores accents. Thus, the German keyboard  enables me to type 
> "<option>-u u" to give me a "ü".
>
> This means something is going wrong with the interpretation of the US  
> keyboards. Any help from developers?
>  
> Bennett
See User Guide 6.6.3 on character tables and Reference.lyx 3.1

When I type  accent-acute a in the mini buffer I get á

André den Oudsten

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