On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 20:58 +0100, Wouter Bolsterlee wrote: > Maciej Piechotka schreef op di 04-01-2011 om 20:43 [+0100]: > > On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 20:37 +0100, Wouter Bolsterlee wrote: > > > Let me add "convenient for frequent use" to my original phrasing and my > > > point still holds. > > I believe that compose key gives such option. > > Say Compose+g+a can be configured to give alpha. > > Oh yes, it's very convenient for me, and also for others who know about > it and explicitly enabled it in their keyboard configuration (hidden in > a dozen other options behind 3 level dialog structure). > > My point was that there should be a more easily discoverable and > user-friendly way, i.e. "pick from a visual list" versus "remember > sequences hidden behind an invisible magic key". The character map > applet provides exactly this, which is why I am arguing it is essential, > especially for many non-English speakers. > To be honest - I *did* try to add modification of keyboard feature request[1]. Personally I'd like to have an advanced, easy to use, integrated with desktop keyboard editor. [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599200 > (FYI: Dutch requires some accented letters to be able to write > correctly, but those characters are not on our keyboards since all > computers have a generic American English keyboard.) (FYI. So do Polish, the exact letters are ąćęń󟿥ĆĘŃÓŹŻ. I managed to tweak keyboard by xmodmap although you may also choose to switch keyboard layout - I don't since I normally use UK keyboard which have few keys in different places and I don't like if @ key is in different place).
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