OT: disabling <ctrl><shift>f produces a "find" menu.

[Rolf Turner]

On 14/12/14 17:22, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 14 December 2014, Rolf Turner sent:
>> Struggling with this and don't know who else to ask ....
>>
>> I have just found out how to produce accented characters when typing,
>> e.g., an email, via <ctrl><shift>u<code>  where "<code>" is the
>> unicode hex number for producing the desired symbol.  E.g.
>> <ctrl><shift>ue9 produces e-acute.
>>
>> Fine.  Except ... any hex numbers that involve "f" result in a "find"
>> menu popping up --- instead of the character I want being produced.
>
> Once you've typed CTRL+SHIFT+u, let go of control and shift, just type
> the hex numbers in with no other keys held down.  (Works for me...)

Duhhh!!! Why didn't I think of that?  Sputter, sputter.

Thanks.

> Though, I prefer the compose key method.

I saw stuff about "the compose key" bizzo while googling around, but I 
couldn't figure out how to "create" a compose key.  I tried to follow 
some instructions that I found, but could not get them to work.  (But 
then, given that I'm so dumb as to not be able to figure out that I just 
had to release <ctrl><shift> before typing an "f" ...., oh never mind! :-) )

Can you give me monosyllabic instructions-for-dummies as to how to make
a key into a "compose key"?

> If I want to type æ, for
> example, I hit the compose key (I configured it to use the, generally,
> useless right-side windows key),  ....

I have seen other references to the "right-side windows key" but I don't 
see any obvious candidate on my keyboard.  (I have a Toshiba Satellite 
850 laptop).

> .... then type ae.  For all sorts of
> characters, you type the compose key followed by either their obvious
> combinations ae for æ, oe for œ, et cetera, or characters plus similar
> looking punctuation a' for á, a` for à, u" for ü, etc.
>
> It's easy to work out most of the obvious ones, the rest I'd need a
> cheat sheet.  But I'd need a complete cheat sheet for every unicode
> character, there's no way I'd remember more than one or two of those
> code numbers.
>
> Both entry systems work at the same time (for me), I'm configured for
> using the compose key, never did anything to configure it to allow the
> numeric entry key.


Thanks.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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Rolf Turner
Technical Editor ANZJS