[ubuntu-za] Accented characters in Afrikaans

[Robin Bownes]

On 30/04/2012 10:31, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> The latest full circle magazine finally answered some long standing 
> questions for me.  I thought I'd share it with those that are still 
> uninformed (like me).
>
> *1. Special characters on vowels.
> *Press <alt gr> with an accent key, lift hand, then press the vowel key.
> e.g. 'ä' = <alt gr><;> <a>
>
> It's also very easy to remember the accent key, because the key or 
> <shift> character for the key looks similar to the special character:
>
> ; or : --> ë    --> <alt gr>+<;> <e>
> ' or " --> é
> \ or | --> è
> 6 or ^ --> ê
>
> *2. Currency symbols
> *Not all currency symbols appear on all keyboards. <alt gr> has the 
> answer once more:
>
> <alt gr>+2   -->  ¥
> <alt gr>+3   -->  £
> <alt gr>+4   -->  $
> <alt gr>+5   -->  EUR
>
> Hope this helps someone else out there.
>
> Charl
>
>
Thanks Charl,

Brilliant stuff! I've been looking (admittedly not too hard) to this for 
quite a while.

Robin
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