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Re: Keyboard problems - no "dead keys" - in Linux version of Mathematica

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• Subject: [mg60029] Re: [mg60012] Keyboard problems - no "dead keys" - in Linux version of Mathematica
• From: jmt <jmt at dxdydz.net>
• Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:14:40 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: dxdydz
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Solution 1 : use entities : \[EAcute], \[CapitalAHat], etc. from the keyboard 
or (better) from a palette ;
Solution 2 : some characters can be entered using aliases, for instance 'ê' 
can be entered '(escape)e^(escape)'

A better Linux FrontEnd is expected some day.

On Sunday 28 August 2005 09:07, Wishmaster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use Mathematica 5.0 in Linux.
> But I have a problem:
>
>  I can't use accent characters like 'à', 'á', 'é'. Normally I insert them
> using '´' and 'a' (the ´ can be seen as a "dead key"). But in Mathematica
> when I type this sequence I get only "´a". In other programs (Firefox,
> OpenOffice, etc...) the keyboard works right, therefore it is not a X
> server configuration problem.
>
>  Any hints?
>
> Thanks!

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  • Keyboard problems - no "dead keys" - in Linux version of Mathematica
    • From: Wishmaster (r) <wishmaster@provedor.com>