Re: vi with unicode character

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William Case
>> I don't use vi or vim either.  Mostly I use emacs, gedit or OO.org.  But
>> you would think there would be an universal accelerator key for an
>> universal code -- eh?

One problem is that there isn't a spare key on the keyboard to assign an
unabiguous purpose to.  We're reusing keys for different things (CTRL,
ALT, various OS logo keys), with no consistency.

Tony Nelson:
> The "universal" way in X (or just FC?) is to set up a Compose key
> (Keyboard Preferences -> Layout Options; I set "Menu is Compose"), and
> then you can type accented characters by typing a suitable punctuation
> mark with the compose key down and then the unaccented character.
> This often takes me several tries, and it only does your basic western
> accented characters.

That's not strictly true.  While I don't know of ways to type in some of
the more obtuse characters that are available, things like the æ
ligatures can be typed using the compose feature, and they're not
accented characters.

I long for the day that better keyboards are made.  e.g. With additional
typing keys, such as proper quotes on a key that you can just type,
without needing to know a cryptic hotkey combination, or needing keycaps
with four different legends printed on them.  As well as a better feel
to the keyboard than the average one.

I was watching someone trying to type the other day, and thinking it's a
shame someone doesn't bring out a keyboard more like the old linotypes,
where the keyboard is layed out in a manner that's not too hard to
comprehend (there's some sensible logic to what's placed where), and
supposedly only needs to be operated using one hand.

I once tried remapping a couple of my function keys to print the opening
and closing double quotes.  But all I ever acheived was a completely
non-functioning keyboard.  It ought to have been simple enough to do,
but it wasn't.

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