On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 11:13 +0800, George OLson wrote:
Howdy all,
I am working with a minority language group (a spoken language, not a programming language :) ) which does not have language support of any kind in any platform. However, for the script we are using, all I need to be able to do is put 1 of 3 characters over the vowels - a right accent (don't know how to insert, as here it only goes straight down like this ' but I want it to go to the right), a grave accent `, and a carat ^.
Here are some examples I have cut and pasted from old data I typed in using microsoft office:
binoó - means piled tùpa - means to share equally lugtâ - means dirt or land
When I used windows, I installed the english international keyboard in the operating system, as this has those 3 characters. However, since I am trying to migrate over to suse linux, how can I do something comparable?
All I need to do is to be able to use the keyboard to enter the characters without having to take a mouse and clicking on an insert special character function when I type out data in a word processor like libre office, or when I enter text in a cell in a spreadsheet or database.
Use the ALT character as follows: - Press the ALT key and the symbol you want above the character. The accents are, for example, the forward and backward quote. Nothing will be printed (yet). It is important that you press ALT first, keep it down, and then press the key corresponding to the accent. Then let go of both keys. - Press the letter you want. You should see the character with the accent above. To get ó: Press ALT and then the forward quote keys at the same time. Let go of these keys Press o I can use these keys as accents: ' ` ^ ¨ ~ They do not work above all characters. I guess it is up to which font you use. It should show up as you want. I just tried this with LibreOffice 3.3.2 on openSUSE (New Times Roman font). This also works at the command prompt (Monospace font). My LibreOffice is pretty much out-of-the-box. I do have a Swedish keyboard. Not sure if that has enabled something. Good luck. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org