Re: Accents

On Tuesday 08 January 2002 04:10, laokou wrote:
> From: "Clint Jackson Baker"
>
> > Now that I've brought up the subject (not how I
> > intended to, though), how do the rest of you send your
> > e-mails with accent marks?  I read them just fine.
>
> Alt codes, my good man, Alt codes.
>
> é  is Alt 0233
> ß is Alt 0223
> ö is Alt 0246
> å is Alt 0229
>
> etc.
> (there's a Euro sign lurking in there somewhere, I think I found it
> once, but don't remember).
This only works if you use Windows, though, and not all of us use
Windows (nor do we want to). In fact I spent most of my time on the
list with a text-only terminal. I have a directory full of little
files, each with one accented letter and called things like
"e-acute", to insert as needed.

These days, I use the KDE character picker (but it doesn't have a
euro sign; I copied it from someone's mail once and have since
misplaced it)

   Irina

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