Questions tagged [dead-keys]
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How to make ^ and ` non-dead-keys on Windows 7 with German keyboard layout
In the default German keyboard layout ^ and backtick/forwardtick are deadkeys.
However, as a programmer I usually do not need to write áccênts, but the characters itself. Being required to press the ...
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Typing Single Quotes On US/International Keyboard?
The US/international keyboard works great for many languages like Spanish and Portuguese. It was great to figure that out so I wouldn't have to copy/paste or try to remember alt codes.
However, in ...
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Where are the non-english characters on a Dvorak keyboard?
I recently decided to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout, however I can't find an easy way to type non-english characters like á, é etc.
In fact, I had to switch back to QWERTY to type these in ...
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Where is the behavior of dead keys on Ubuntu keyboard layouts defined?
I'm on Ubuntu, and using a keyboard layout (specifically US with AltGr dead keys) which as the name implies includes some dead keys. Some dead key combinations are unexpected but very useful, such as ...
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AltGr dead key keyboard layout not working with Outlook
I am using a specific keyboard layout with Windows 10 using AltGr dead keys: to get an é I have to press AltGr + ' then e.
It is working fine with all the installed software... except with Outlook ("...
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Is there a way to change the behavior of dead keys on ubuntu?
I started using linux a few weeks ago and, while the layout of my keyboard is correctly set and suits me, the behavior of some keys (mostly the " key) bothers me.
In Windows, if I press that key (") ...
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Suddenly dead keys don't work
Suddenly dead keys are disabled, but I didn't change settings.
I'm running Windows 8.1.
I didn't spill anything over the keyboard.
The apostrophe ('), double quote (") backtick (`) circumflex (^) and ...
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How to type ñ on my debian system?
Dead keys used to work as they should until months ago but since whatever update of my debian/gnome/whatever I fail to both type ñ and to find a solution. I live in Viña, Chile, so it's not so ...
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How to reproduce the behavior of Mac OS X's dead keys on Windows 7?
I'm French, but I've chosen to take a QWERTY keyboard for my MacBook Pro for many reasons:
first of all, the AZERTY keyboard is not at all ergonomic because it has no numeric keypad, and I must use ...
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Activating/using the dead key “^” with the German keyboard layout
I'm using a German keyboard layout on Ubuntu. I always write LaTeX mathematical formula with the Kile editor and the exponent key ^ is not active there. I have to copy-paste it from somewhere else and ...
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Typing backtick in GitHub on Firefox does not create a full-width character
Whenever I type backticks in the GitHub comment textbox, the next character will always be shown in the same spot as the backtick, as if the width of the backtick character is 0. This only happens on ...
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Keyboard map/layout with Mac-style deadkeys?
I write in English and French, so I'd like to have an English (QWERTY) keymap that still lets me type accented letters easily. I don't like the English-International keyboard because that requires ...
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Capital accented e with Caps Lock + key
I'm Italian, so sometimes I have to start a sentence with the letter 'è' (it is the third singular person of the present simple of the verb 'to be').
In Linux, writing that capital character is ...
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Problems with US International Keyboard Layout - dead keys
From the surface, this is one of those questions about keyboard layouts from somebody who types a quote, then gets nothing, then types another letter and is surprised to get an accented letter :). I ...
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keyboard enters quotes and single quotes only after 2nd keypress [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Weird problem in windows XP - apostrophes and double quotes don't show up until the key has been pressed twice.
hello,
if i press the key for single quotes or double ...
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