> If, for example, I regularly write articles about the card game bridge I > want to easily get the glyphs ♠ or ♣ or ♥ or ♦ without having to use a > cheat sheet -- like I have just done. Similarly, I am an English xkeycaps may do what you want. It lets you graphically adjust your keyboard. http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/ For Japanese and the like you need to look at input methods as there are different ways of entering some languages on a keyboard. Alan
