Special characters
Do you struggle with your US keyboard in a vain attempt to type something in those “exotic tongues” such as:
- German
- French
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Polish
Do you find your ability to enter ß, ö, ä, ü, ø, etc. hampered? Well, I have stumbled on a few options that might help you out. Granted these work better with *nix based operating systems (Linux, Unix, Mac OS) than Windows but within these options you should be able to find, at least, one helpful approach/ tool.
If you are seeking a “Desktop-wide’ solution, you can easily map a “compose” key to accomplish this function across your laptop/desktop (not all keyboards actually have one). I ‘personally’ mapped Caps Lock to be my newly defined “compose” key and then from anywhere on my Linux PC I simply use it (no add-on or plugin required). Additional benefits include the fact that my annoying Caps Lock now no longer sends everything into ‘Caps-land’ when I accidentally hit it!
For a complete list of Compose ‘options’ follow this link!
If you want to accomplish this feat of magic on your platform here are some detailed instructions/ guides:
If you would rather limit your options to a browser (not the entire Desktop), the following will work for two of the major browsers (there may be others out there for IE and Safari, as well). There add-ons/ plugins available called:
- “Tajpu” on Firefox/ Mozilla
- “Special Characters” on Chrome
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