Solved Typing special/accented characters in Vivaldi Mail - Linux
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Is it possible to type special or accented characters in Vivaldi Mail on Linux? For example, a cent sign or an accented e? I have seen references online to an Alt Gr key, but my keyboard (U.S. standard) does not have such a key.
Thanks in advance.
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Sorry, my mistake, had the wrong keyboard selected; right Alt does not behave as AltGr on US keyboard layout; maybe try US International layout.
Pressing Ctrl + Shift + U displays u̲ after which typing A2 display u̲A̲2̲ and pressing space-bar or enter key displays ¢. To display é press Ctrl + Shift + U, then type E9 followed by space-bar or enter key.
NB values entered are not case case sensitive so entering a2 or e9 will still display correspond characters.
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In place of Alt Gr use the right
Altkey. Otherwise press Ctrl + Shift + U and then enter Unicode value for cent symbol, i.e. A2 for ¢ -
@yojimbo274064400 CTRL-SHIFT-U displays a (lower-case) u.
The right Alt key does nothing when typing the code.
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@mib2berlin said in Typing special/accented characters in Vivaldi Mail - Linux:
Hi, use Alt gr:
The OP does not have an AltGr key.
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@edwardp
I am sorry, just testing what @yojimbo274064400 wrote but doesn´t work for me, too.Cheers, mib
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Sorry, my mistake, had the wrong keyboard selected; right Alt does not behave as AltGr on US keyboard layout; maybe try US International layout.
Pressing Ctrl + Shift + U displays u̲ after which typing A2 display u̲A̲2̲ and pressing space-bar or enter key displays ¢. To display é press Ctrl + Shift + U, then type E9 followed by space-bar or enter key.
NB values entered are not case case sensitive so entering a2 or e9 will still display correspond characters.
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@yojimbo274064400 said in Typing special/accented characters in Vivaldi Mail - Linux:
Pressing Ctrl + Shift + U displays u̲ after which typing A2 display u̲A̲2̲ and pressing space-bar or enter key displays ¢. To display é press Ctrl + Shift + U, then type E9 followed by space-bar or enter key.
NB values entered are not case case sensitive so entering a2 or e9 will still display correspond characters.
Confirming the above procedure works. Tested it with ¢ £ and é.
Thank you.
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@yojimbo274064400 To add to this, the common layout US(Euro on 5) gives you the AltGr key and keeps most everything else the same. Then you can add 3rd and 4th layer keys (including dead keys) by editing the appropriate entries in
/usr/share/xkb/symbols/us, saving the file and logging out, back in. Another method is writing special characters with the compose key, which can be a key of your choice (menu, right‐alt, caps lock, etc.). Typing sequences is easy, see ☛ https://fsymbols.com/keyboard/linux/compose/
