Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:

> I never liked umlauts. Even when they're
> appropriate in English (coöperate, etc.). Plus, I
> always have to look up the codes, whereas I have
> the ups, downs and chapeaux memorised.
That isn't an umlaut, it's a diaeresis. One says that the vowel is
pronounced (separately), the other says it's pronounced front or
centredly.

And get a Real keyboard layout that lets you type ä by typing
some-key, ", a :) A Real Real keyboard layout lets you send chars a-macron
and such (mine does, but I'm currently stuck using pine and so I can't
type Unicode chars into it).

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory...
                                -- Larry Wall

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