Roger,
if you find such software please, please let me know.
best
Randolph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: accent fonts
> Chris,
>
> Pity you didn't mention that you were using Linux before.
> However I'm sure that others can use the Microsoft tips to their
advantage.
>
> I have been considering moving to Linux for a few years now, but, there is
> still not enough suitable commercial software out there to allow me to do
my
> publishing work. I have enough trouble finding print shops that can cope
> with Windows software files rather than Mac ones here in UK.
>
> Best of luck and I might join you using Linux if I can find the right
> software.
>
> Roger
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: accent fonts
>
>
> A many million thanks to all for the tips. Sometimes I can be really
> dense when it comes to simple things on computers and all those tips got
> me going in the right direction.
>
> I did do some extra searches and reading after the post and have learnt
> that a new standard is here called UFT8 which covers almost all known
> languages and there is also UTF32 which covers musical notion and extra
> math symbols.However this is backwards compatible with ISO 5589-15.
>
> I am using GNU Linux (Redhat8.0) and only really know Mac or UNIX like
> systems. I use Linux because I got caught out with obsolete files
> produced on Microsoft 3.1 and Mac. Since UNIX has not changed much in 20
> years and working on projects which span some 12 and more years, now, I
> fled to Linux to solve this problem. It also solved the problem of what
> is now considered obsolete hardware, since my desktop is now three years
> old and my laptop... well it is a monochrome Toshiba T3400, circa 1994,
> and still going thanks to an old console or text based Linux system
> which still talks to more up to date systems including MS Windows and Mac.
>
> Finally, on my system if I hit the control key twice I can keep the
> accent just by typing the ` followed by the letter. EG. è é á à ü
> etc. Donṫ know if this works on other systems. It took your tips to
> find my way to that, I should add. I also pasted the octal, decimal and
> hex code to a text file from the manual page so I can refer to it as
> needed. If I hold down control-shift plus the hex code for the character
> that also works. For Microsoft control + decimal code and for Mac
> control + hex code should work, as Christopher says. If anyone wants
> this let me know and I will send it.
>
>
> Anyway, many thanks again
>
> Chris Jones.
>
> >
> >
> >>Try these shortcuts:
> >>
> >>control+' followed by the base letter for accent aigu (é)
> >>control+` followed by the base letter for accent grave (è)
> >>control+^ followed by the base letter for for the circumflex (ê)
> >>control+: followed by the base letter for trema/umlaut (ë)
> >>control+, followed by c for c cedille (ç)
> >>
> >>Did I forget any?
> >>
> >>I hope this helps!
> >>
> >>Philip
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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