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Easy Character Accents in Mac OS X?

Posted by Cliff on from the simple-keystrokes-for-funny-characters dept.

joesao writes "How have people been typing accents under OS X? I'm not talking funky key combinations, but simple, 'dead-key' stuff like: a + ` = à. In Windows this is accomplished easily by setting the input locale for keyboards as 'United States-International' but the similar function under System Preferences doesn't have any acceptable keyboards. Unicode isn't an option, either; only a few applications support that. Documentation on Apple's site is scant, and a Google search doesn't yield anything that really works. Anybody out there have a decent keyboard file for Mac OS X?"

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  1. easy as Pi by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like the one-button mouse, you should be using the Apple one-key keyboard - it makes everything much easier. No more decisions to make. Ever.

    (It's a jolk, folks, honest! :)

    I want a PPC970 machine. NOW! *sigh*

  2. Accents under OS X by kurosawdust · · Score: 5, Funny
    How have people been typing accents under OS X?

    This should take care of your needs.

    Italian:
    Just add "a" to the end of all words. (e.g. "This-a is-a how-a it-a looks-a!")

    English:
    Remove all 'h's.

    Scottish:
    Remove all coherence.

    Australian:
    Apparently, Australia is an advanced civilization where they have efficiently replaced every noun with the word "Foster's."

    American:
    Pepper your writing liberally with the word "like".

    1. Re:Accents under OS X by drsmithy · · Score: 2, Funny
      Weird Yet True in Australia we drink VB and XXXX [...]

      Untrue, some of us drink beer.

  3. One more important one: by Benley · · Score: 2, Funny
    I found one more that you forgot to mention:

    Option-o BØRK!

    I'm sure you'll wonder how you lived without that one.