Comments on: Accented characters on OS X http://www.stevestreeting.com/2009/09/24/accented-characters-on-os-x/ Man bites Ogre Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Amotea http://www.stevestreeting.com/2009/09/24/accented-characters-on-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-258596 Amotea Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:59:47 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=2252#comment-258596 Windows buffers all ', " and ` I type and gives me an á, ä or à when I press 'a' respectively (or just the ', " and ` when press space to push them out of the buffer). This is on a US international keyboard, perhaps you can try to set your keyboard to that as well? Windows buffers all ‘, ” and ` I type and gives me an á, ä or à when I press ‘a’ respectively (or just the ‘, ” and ` when press space to push them out of the buffer). This is on a US international keyboard, perhaps you can try to set your keyboard to that as well?

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevestreeting.com/2009/09/24/accented-characters-on-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-258584 Steve Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:12:59 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=2252#comment-258584 @Nico: There's Keyboard Viewer which I assume reproduces this behaviour - I discovered this after my experimentation :) @SharedProphet: I actually like FileMerge that's included with the OS X developer tools. @Nico: There’s Keyboard Viewer which I assume reproduces this behaviour – I discovered this after my experimentation :)

@SharedProphet: I actually like FileMerge that’s included with the OS X developer tools.

]]> By: SharedProphet http://www.stevestreeting.com/2009/09/24/accented-characters-on-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-258577 SharedProphet Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:37:44 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=2252#comment-258577 Cool. This is a bit off-topic, but I'm curious: is there a good diff tool (like Beyond Compare) for OSX that you would recommend? Cool. This is a bit off-topic, but I’m curious: is there a good diff tool (like Beyond Compare) for OSX that you would recommend?

]]> By: Nico http://www.stevestreeting.com/2009/09/24/accented-characters-on-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-258559 Nico Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:41:23 +0000 http://www.stevestreeting.com/?p=2252#comment-258559 Classic Mac OS had the Key Caps desk accessory that allowed you to see what special characters you could type while holding down Control/Option/Shift/whatever. I guess they must've taken that out with OS X. Classic Mac OS had the Key Caps desk accessory that allowed you to see what special characters you could type while holding down Control/Option/Shift/whatever. I guess they must’ve taken that out with OS X.

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