tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010326470964470510.post3865743355970370881..comments2023-03-16T13:15:15.705+01:00Comments on Méteteme: Synergy, TypeItEasy and External Review: videotutorialsJordi Balcellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00200189720838442406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010326470964470510.post-75254355967464772812012-10-31T11:01:56.801+01:002012-10-31T11:01:56.801+01:00So, GNU/Linux has native support for quickly acces...So, GNU/Linux has native support for quickly accessing non-standard characters through X Window. Nice. If I understand correctly, there is a list of supported characters and then these may be expanded by the user. I like it how the shortcuts make sense (stroke an L, you get a pound sign, three hyphens make an em dash), so they are easy to remember, even if sometimes they take a lot of keystrokes: 4 just to get an em dash. Quite an elegant solution, nonetheless.Jordi Balcellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200189720838442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010326470964470510.post-88814329945078159722012-10-31T10:50:42.170+01:002012-10-31T10:50:42.170+01:00The best solution I've found to the 'type ...The best solution I've found to the 'type symbols' issue in Linux is the Compose key. With it, you can obtain some symbols by pressing COMPOSE and then 2 or more keys. For example:<br /><br />COMPOSE, L, - → £<br />COMPOSE, Y, = → ¥<br />COMPOSE, <, < → «<br />COMPOSE, -,-,- → —<br />COMPOSE, ., . → …<br /><br /><br />More info about compose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key#Software_supporting_Compose_Key<br /><br />In several Xorg apps (eg Chromium or anything gtk -or Qt-based), there is also the possibility to directly enter Unicode code points in text fields by pressing ctrl+shift+u and then the hex code point. This, however, is exactly as awkward as the ALT+nnnn trick, but can be helpful when compose isn't enough.pnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308969698042264422noreply@blogger.com