Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.lang.python > #85489
| From | Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? |
| Date | 2015-02-11 00:10 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <cjvl02Fcqb3U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <mailman.18625.1423602349.18130.python-list@python.org> |
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:05:47 -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:
[snip]
> One of the things I really like about my Skype keyboard (and likely
> other "soft" keyboards on Android) is that when you hold down a "key"
> for a brief moment, a little mini keyboard pops up, from which you can
> easily choose various accented variants and other symbols.
[snip]
> (C-u 2 5 - suffices in Emacs to
> bat out 25 hyphens). Being an American with an American keyboard, I
> haven't the slightest idea how to type any accented characters or
> common symbols using the many modifier keys on my keyboard, and no key
> caps display what the various options are. And I'm getting kind of
> tired of going to Google and searching for "degree symbol". :-/
[snip]
Again, not what you asked for, but since you use Emacs . . . Are you
aware of Emacs's control-backslash ("toggle-input-method") command?
If I'm going to be writing French or Spanish, I hit control-backslash
and type "latin-prefix". Then, until I hit control-backslash again,
"'e" becomes é, "~n" becomes ñ, '"o' becomes ö, and many other
not-too-hard-to-remember things. Many other "input methods" are
available for other languages.
It's actually reminiscent of how Spanish typewriters used to work,
with an accent key that didn't advance the carriage.
--
To email me, substitute nowhere->runbox, invalid->com.
Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 15:05 -0600
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-02-11 00:10 +0000
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 19:05 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-11 15:10 +1100
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 15:19 +1100
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 20:42 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 04:22 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 14:35 +0200
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 04:57 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 19:12 +0200
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 11:23 -0600
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 19:27 +0200
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 09:34 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 19:54 +0200
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 10:02 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-02-11 19:01 +0100
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 04:40 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 20:23 -0800
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 15:38 +1100
Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-02-11 01:01 -0800
csiph-web