▲ 412 ▼ polish, or win32? (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (2 children) Out of curiosity, if an average person were to type it in all caps on their computer, would they be able to easily type the diacritics? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rinn@awful.systems 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) In Poland we use standard qwerty keyboards with Polish keyboard layout set (called Polish Programmers), you press alt+character to get the special version (like alt+s gives you ś, alt+a gives you ą and so on, the only nonintuitive one is alt+x which is ź, because alt+z is taken by ż). Combine with shift or caps lock for capital versions. No issues. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) Neat. I wish the French had something similar! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago it doesn't work as well for French because there are multiple accents for a given letter (è, é, ê, ë...) permalink fedilink source parent [–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Can do it with the compose key if you're on *nix, and here's an implementation for Windows. + e + ^ = ê, and + shift + E + " = Ë, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] solxix@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago You can also use compose key on any distro (from my experience) with KDE Plasma or GNOME permalink fedilink source parent [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Or you can use a French keyboard layout, type ` followed by a to get à, same with â, ä, or ç. É has its own key, since it's more common and the only letter that uses the acute accent. No more complicated than key combinations, and easier hand positions than 3-key combinations, really. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 point 4 months ago https://ergol.org/ https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Meanwhile on android: Å#_₹ñö permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev -3 points 4 months ago* Oh, noooo... I've been now thinking of using Alt+letter to launch !ahk@programming.dev scripts! Oh, well... Guess I'll continue to live in MURRIKA instead of learning like the rest of the world. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago They would, all diacritics is alt + letter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rinn@awful.systems 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) In Poland we use standard qwerty keyboards with Polish keyboard layout set (called Polish Programmers), you press alt+character to get the special version (like alt+s gives you ś, alt+a gives you ą and so on, the only nonintuitive one is alt+x which is ź, because alt+z is taken by ż). Combine with shift or caps lock for capital versions. No issues. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) Neat. I wish the French had something similar! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago it doesn't work as well for French because there are multiple accents for a given letter (è, é, ê, ë...) permalink fedilink source parent [–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Can do it with the compose key if you're on *nix, and here's an implementation for Windows. + e + ^ = ê, and + shift + E + " = Ë, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] solxix@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago You can also use compose key on any distro (from my experience) with KDE Plasma or GNOME permalink fedilink source parent [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Or you can use a French keyboard layout, type ` followed by a to get à, same with â, ä, or ç. É has its own key, since it's more common and the only letter that uses the acute accent. No more complicated than key combinations, and easier hand positions than 3-key combinations, really. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 point 4 months ago https://ergol.org/ https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Meanwhile on android: Å#_₹ñö permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev -3 points 4 months ago* Oh, noooo... I've been now thinking of using Alt+letter to launch !ahk@programming.dev scripts! Oh, well... Guess I'll continue to live in MURRIKA instead of learning like the rest of the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) Neat. I wish the French had something similar! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago it doesn't work as well for French because there are multiple accents for a given letter (è, é, ê, ë...) permalink fedilink source parent [–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Can do it with the compose key if you're on *nix, and here's an implementation for Windows. + e + ^ = ê, and + shift + E + " = Ë, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] solxix@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago You can also use compose key on any distro (from my experience) with KDE Plasma or GNOME permalink fedilink source parent [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Or you can use a French keyboard layout, type ` followed by a to get à, same with â, ä, or ç. É has its own key, since it's more common and the only letter that uses the acute accent. No more complicated than key combinations, and easier hand positions than 3-key combinations, really. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 point 4 months ago https://ergol.org/ https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil permalink fedilink source parent
[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago it doesn't work as well for French because there are multiple accents for a given letter (è, é, ê, ë...) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Can do it with the compose key if you're on *nix, and here's an implementation for Windows. + e + ^ = ê, and + shift + E + " = Ë, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] solxix@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago You can also use compose key on any distro (from my experience) with KDE Plasma or GNOME permalink fedilink source parent [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Or you can use a French keyboard layout, type ` followed by a to get à, same with â, ä, or ç. É has its own key, since it's more common and the only letter that uses the acute accent. No more complicated than key combinations, and easier hand positions than 3-key combinations, really. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] solxix@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago You can also use compose key on any distro (from my experience) with KDE Plasma or GNOME permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Or you can use a French keyboard layout, type ` followed by a to get à, same with â, ä, or ç. É has its own key, since it's more common and the only letter that uses the acute accent. No more complicated than key combinations, and easier hand positions than 3-key combinations, really. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 point 4 months ago https://ergol.org/ https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Meanwhile on android: Å#_₹ñö permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev -3 points 4 months ago* Oh, noooo... I've been now thinking of using Alt+letter to launch !ahk@programming.dev scripts! Oh, well... Guess I'll continue to live in MURRIKA instead of learning like the rest of the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago They would, all diacritics is alt + letter. permalink fedilink source parent
