3:46 p.m.
Thank you Mr. Matthew Miller,
I have never heard of a "Compose Key."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key
I try to learn this computering stuff, but I feel like a dog
chasing my tail.
In Gnome 40, the setting is easily found in the Keyboard settings menu
under Settings.
I have been needing this for years. It might maybe be possible that I
once
knew it, but the idea became forgotten to me.
David Locklear
11:09 p.m.
On 3/29/21 2:19 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 15:46 -0500, David wrote:
> Thank you Mr. Matthew Miller,
It's easier to know what your post is about if it's written as a reply
rather than a new message, like this one in fact. That's what threading
is for.
Yes, a reference would be good. My assumption was that he's referring
to a blog post or other announcement somewhere.
11:43 p.m.
On 3/30/21 12:09 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 3/29/21 2:19 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 15:46 -0500, David wrote:
>> Thank you Mr. Matthew Miller,
>
> It's easier to know what your post is about if it's written as a reply
> rather than a new message, like this one in fact. That's what threading
> is for.
Yes, a reference would be good. My assumption was that he's referring
to a blog post or other announcement somewhere.
Perhaps some readers may not know
what the compose key is good for.
Using compose plus
two other key-strokes, will get you just about all the diacritical marks
used in most European languages,
common fractions, currency symbols, degree signs and other things I
can't think of. And they're all
simple to do, without trying to memorize obscure codes. For instance,
Spanish: ¿ ¡ señor, tío: German: Straße,
Fräulein; French: hôtel, françoise; épinards; Italian: è; ½, ¾ 75°:
€30, £40, 50¥, 10¢. Just combine the letter
with a symbol, or in some cases, just type the letter twice, and voilà!
--doug
6:30 a.m.
On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 00:43 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 3/30/21 12:09 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 3/29/21 2:19 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 15:46 -0500, David wrote:
> > > Thank you Mr. Matthew Miller,
> >
> > It's easier to know what your post is about if it's written as a
> > reply
> > rather than a new message, like this one in fact. That's what
> > threading
> > is for.
>
> Yes, a reference would be good. My assumption was that he's
> referring
> to a blog post or other announcement somewhere.
Perhaps some readers may not know what the compose key is good for.
Using compose plus
two other key-strokes, will get you just about all the diacritical
marks
used in most European languages,
common fractions, currency symbols, degree signs and other things I
can't think of. And they're all
Spanish: ¿ ¡ señor, tío: German: Straße,
Fräulein; French: hôtel, françoise; épinards; Italian: è; ½, ¾ 75°:
€30, £40, 50¥, 10¢. Just combine the letter
with a symbol, or in some cases, just type the letter twice, and
voilà!
I'm aware of that. My comment wasn't about the substance of the message
but how it was posted. It's actually a reply to an earlier post on this
list, but wasn't sent as such.
poc
1:54 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:43:33AM -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Perhaps some readers may not know what the compose key is good for.
Using compose plus
two other key-strokes, will get you just about all the diacritical
marks used in most European languages,
common fractions, currency symbols, degree signs and other things I
can't think of. And they're all
simple to do, without trying to memorize obscure codes. For
instance, Spanish: ¿ ¡ señor, tío: German: Straße,
Fräulein; French: hôtel, françoise; épinards; Italian: è; ½, ¾ 75°:
€30, £40, 50¥, 10¢. Just combine the letter
with a symbol, or in some cases, just type the letter twice, and voilà!
Plus, you can put your own in ~/.XCompose:
<Multi_key> <less> <3> : "❤️" U2764 # red
emoji heart
<Multi_key> <m> <m> : "𝔪" U1D4C2 #
mathematical script small m
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
3:54 p.m.
Sorry for the confusion in my recent post. Fedora 34 WS along with
Gnome 40 ships with
the "Compose Key" disabled. I chose to enable it, following Mr.
Miller's advice from a
previous post ( related to Gnome 40 Tweaks ) and his suggestion,
to set the CAPS-Lock Key as the Compose Key.
I have not figured out yet how to use either the CAPS-Lock Key, nor a
Compose Key.
My keyboard is a ROCCAT ISKU, so I may have to download some driver off
of COPR. At the moment, all that is above my computering skills. But
I will put it on
my long list of things to learn.
Otherwise, my first day with Gnome 40.0 ( the latest update, 40.0-1, and
40.0-2 ), is going smoothly.
Thank you Gnome 40 folks, and fc34 folks, etc.
Below is just some feedback and might be of interest to someone not yet
familiar with Fedora 34 Beta.
As of today, below is a list of all the Gnome 3 related packages on my
Fedora 34 WS Beta install:
gnome-bluetooth
1:3.34.5-1
gnome-bluetooth-libs
1:3.34.5-1
gnome-color-manager
3.36.0-4
gnome-logs
3.36.0-4
gnome-menus
3.36.0-4
gnome-online-accounts
3.39.92-1
gnome-online-miners
3.34.0-8
gnome-terminal
3.38.1-3
gnome-terminal-nautilus
3.38.1-3
gnome-themes-extra
3.28-12
gnome-user-share
3.34.0-5
There are five Gnome 40 packages that are either Beta or RC
( meaning not yet 40.0-1 )
gnome-backgrounds 40rc
gnome-session.x86_64
40~beta-1
gnome-session-wayland-session.x86_64 40~beta-1
gnome-session-xsession.x86_64 40~beta-1
gnome-shell-extension-background-logo.noarch 40.0~rc-1
David Locklear
newbie Fedora 34 WS user
5:24 p.m.
On 31/03/2021 04:54, David wrote:
I chose to enable it, following Mr. Miller's advice from a
previous post ( related to Gnome 40 Tweaks ) and his suggestion,
to set the CAPS-Lock Key as the Compose Key.
I have not figured out yet how to use either the CAPS-Lock Key, nor a Compose Key.
My keyboard is a ROCCAT ISKU, so I may have to download some driver off
of COPR. At the moment, all that is above my computering skills. But I will put it
on
my long list of things to learn.
If you don't regularly use the Compose key to enter "extended" characters it
is of
little use and serves only to tax one's memory. Also, if you use VM's the use of
the Caps-Lock key can get annoying when moving between VM's as the Caps-Lock
remains engaged when moving between the VM's and the host system.
Some folks, such as myself, have no need for the compose key. I don't regularly
need to type characters such as ß or ¿. But I need to type things such as
八德路四段
and
渋谷
or
マクドナルド
So, ibus works best for me. Besides, I have a hard enough time remembering
my bopomofo as I don't use it as much as I used to.
--
Remind me to ignore comments which aren't germane to the thread.
6:11 p.m.
On 3/30/21 1:54 PM, David wrote:
Sorry for the confusion in my recent post. Fedora 34 WS along
with
Gnome 40 ships with
the "Compose Key" disabled. I chose to enable it, following Mr.
Miller's advice from a
previous post ( related to Gnome 40 Tweaks ) and his suggestion,
to set the CAPS-Lock Key as the Compose Key.
I prefer to use either right logo key or the "menu" key since I don't
have any other use for it.
I have not figured out yet how to use either the CAPS-Lock Key, nor
a
Compose Key.
Press the compose key, then the other two keys you want to combine. You
don't have to hold the compose key. So "<compose> ' e" will give
you
"é". "<compose> 1 2" -> "½".
"<compose> / =" -> "≠", etc.
6:38 a.m.
On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 16:11 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 3/30/21 1:54 PM, David wrote:
> Sorry for the confusion in my recent post. Fedora 34 WS along
> with
> Gnome 40 ships with
> the "Compose Key" disabled. I chose to enable it, following
> Mr.
> Miller's advice from a
> previous post ( related to Gnome 40 Tweaks ) and his suggestion,
> to set the CAPS-Lock Key as the Compose Key.
have any other use for it.
> I have not figured out yet how to use either the CAPS-Lock Key,
> nor a
> Compose Key.
Press the compose key, then the other two keys you want to combine.
You
"é". "<compose> 1 2" -> "½".
"<compose> / =" -> "≠", etc.
I write quite a lot in Spanish (using a UK keyboard) so the Compose key
is a PITA for accents. I use the ' and ~ as dead keys, which is much
faster: áéíóúñ. However I still need the Compose to get ¿ and ¡ so I
just have to remember the combo (AltGr+_ for ¿, AltGr+! for ¡).
The downside is that I have to double up the ' (i.e. type ' ') when
writing an actual apostrophe, such as in my own surname :-)
poc
10:14 p.m.
On 3/30/21 4:54 PM, David wrote:
Sorry for the confusion in my recent post. Fedora 34 WS along with
Gnome 40 ships with
the "Compose Key" disabled. I chose to enable it, following Mr.
Miller's advice from a
previous post ( related to Gnome 40 Tweaks ) and his suggestion,
to set the CAPS-Lock Key as the Compose Key.
I have not figured out yet how to use either the CAPS-Lock Key, nor a
Compose Key.
The more common selection for the Compose key is rt-alt or, if a
Windows
k/b, then rt/winkey,
because these are seldom used for anything else. The caps-lock does what
it says:
all the letters you type after that except for the numbers on the top
row, will be in CAPITAL LETTERS
until you hit the caps lock key again.
--doug
My keyboard is a ROCCAT ISKU, so I may have to download some driver off
of COPR. At the moment, all that is above my computering
skills. But I will put it on
my long list of things to learn.
Otherwise, my first day with Gnome 40.0 ( the latest update, 40.0-1,
and 40.0-2 ), is going smoothly.
Thank you Gnome 40 folks, and fc34 folks, etc.
Below is just some feedback and might be of interest to someone not
yet familiar with Fedora 34 Beta.
As of today, below is a list of all the Gnome 3 related packages on my
Fedora 34 WS Beta install:
gnome-bluetooth 1:3.34.5-1
gnome-bluetooth-libs 1:3.34.5-1
gnome-color-manager 3.36.0-4
gnome-logs 3.36.0-4
gnome-menus 3.36.0-4
gnome-online-accounts 3.39.92-1
gnome-online-miners 3.34.0-8
gnome-terminal 3.38.1-3
gnome-terminal-nautilus 3.38.1-3
gnome-themes-extra 3.28-12
gnome-user-share 3.34.0-5
There are five Gnome 40 packages that are either Beta or RC
( meaning not yet 40.0-1 )
gnome-backgrounds 40rc
gnome-session.x86_64 40~beta-1
gnome-session-wayland-session.x86_64 40~beta-1
gnome-session-xsession.x86_64 40~beta-1
gnome-shell-extension-background-logo.noarch 40.0~rc-1
David Locklear
newbie Fedora 34 WS user
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5:47 p.m.
Thank you very much, Mr. Greshko.
I had never heard of ibus either.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IBus
One of these days, I am going to read some articles on things I should
already know by now. I was 53 years old, when I started to become
interested in computers. But the good news, is that I know a tiny bit
about Fedora - probably more than the average computer user in my country.
I am more interested in hardware than operating systems and software.
David Locklear
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