10:36 p.m.
Hello friends,
sorry, I know this is not an issue for the list, but … (-;
Can somebody give me a quick hint how to type the ø diameter sign on
inkscape Mac OS X ?
Alt-o will open a menu, and a Mac does not have AltGr…
Thanks and greetings,
Wolf
1:58 a.m.
On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:36 AM, Wolf Drechsel wrote:
Hello friends,
sorry, I know this is not an issue for the list, but … (-;
Can somebody give me a quick hint how to type the ø diameter sign on
inkscape Mac OS X ?
Alt-o will open a menu, and a Mac does not have AltGr…
Thanks and greetings,
Wolf
If you go to settings and look to the keyboard stuff, there should be an option for
"Show Keyboard & Character Viewer in menu bar" or such. Enable that and then
you can get the keyboard viewer from the icon in the menu bar. That will show you what
keys will result in which characters (it changes by locale). For me, alt/option-o gives
the ø character, which *appears* to be what you want. (Might be a different unicode
value... I did not check)
3:48 a.m.
New subject: diameter on a Mac - how to emulate the AltGr key
If you go to settings and look to the keyboard stuff, there should
be an option for "Show Keyboard & Character Viewer in menu bar" or
such. Enable that and then you can get the keyboard viewer from the
icon in the menu bar. That will show you what keys will result in
which characters (it changes by locale). For me, alt/option-o gives
the ø character, which *appears* to be what you want. (Might be a
different unicode value... I did not check)
@ Jon
I think You are describing how to do it in the aqua environment.
Using inkscape on a mac, I have to use the X11 surroundings.
@all
After some googleing I think it is not so easy to generate characters
which are done with AltGr on non-macs.
Unluckily on my machine neither copy-paste from X11 to aqua and vice
versa works - nor can I import text into inkscape… )-:
Easiest workaround seems to type the unicode hex code ( ctrl-U-<hex
code> Enter ) - not really satisfying…
Yours
Wolf
4:08 a.m.
New subject: diameter on a Mac - how to emulate the AltGr key
On 15/1/10 19:48, Wolf Drechsel wrote:
> If you go to settings and look to the keyboard stuff, there
should
> be an option for "Show Keyboard & Character Viewer in menu bar" or
> such. Enable that and then you can get the keyboard viewer from the
> icon in the menu bar. That will show you what keys will result in
> which characters (it changes by locale). For me, alt/option-o gives
> the ø character, which *appears* to be what you want. (Might be a
> different unicode value... I did not check)
@ Jon
I think You are describing how to do it in the aqua environment.
Using inkscape on a mac, I have to use the X11 surroundings.
@all
After some googleing I think it is not so easy to generate characters
which are done with AltGr on non-macs.
Unluckily on my machine neither copy-paste from X11 to aqua and vice
versa works - nor can I import text into inkscape… )-:
Easiest workaround seems to type the unicode hex code ( ctrl-U-<hex
code> Enter ) - not really satisfying…
Note: this is about OS X Tiger with an ancient X11 based of XFree86:
Apples 'X11 v. 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0'
which has limited support for clipboard syncing between osx native
applications and software running under X11 as well as a different
default X11 keymapping (than current X.org based X11/Xquartz versions
shipped with Leopard and Snow Leopard) for 'Option/Alt' ('option'+o'
would require the option key to be mapped to 'Mode_switch', but afaik
that X11 version maps both option keys to Alt_L resp. Alt_R), which is
good because Inkscape shortcuts work out of the box (no need for custom
~/.Xmodmap settings), otoh one looses the ability to enter diacritics or
other special characters via keyboard entry.
Is there a setting in your X11 preferences to 'Follow system keyboard
layout'?
~suv
ps. ping JiHO - is this correct?
4:37 a.m.
New subject: diameter on a Mac - how to emulate the AltGr key
Note: this is about OS X Tiger with an ancient X11 based of XFree86:
Apples 'X11 v. 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0'
which has limited support for clipboard syncing between osx native
applications and software running under X11 as well as a different
default X11 keymapping (than current X.org based X11/Xquartz versions
shipped with Leopard and Snow Leopard) for 'Option/Alt' ('option'+o'
would require the option key to be mapped to 'Mode_switch', but afaik
that X11 version maps both option keys to Alt_L resp. Alt_R), which is
good because Inkscape shortcuts work out of the box (no need for
custom
~/.Xmodmap settings), otoh one looses the ability to enter
diacritics or
other special characters via keyboard entry.
Is there a setting in your X11 preferences to 'Follow system keyboard
layout'?
Yes, I have it - and it ist choosen.
Greetings,
Wolf
8:31 p.m.
New subject: diameter on a Mac - how to emulate the AltGr key
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 20:08, ~suv <suv-sf@...58...> wrote:
Note: this is about OS X Tiger with an ancient X11 based of XFree86:
I am not sure how that used to work on Tiger. However the Xmodmap
settings that are described in the FAQ should work. They allow to use
the left alt key as alt (hence controlling Inkscape correctly) and the
right one as mode switch (which allows to type special characters). At
least, my Xmodmap is:
! Switch meta and control
keycode 67 = Meta_L
keycode 63 = Control_L
keycode 71 = Control_R
clear mod2
clear control
add mod2 = Meta_L
add control = Control_L Control_R
! Switch the left alt key to be alt
! and leave the other as Mode_switch, for accents
keycode 66 = Alt_L
and this is how it works on my MacBook on 10.6.2.
JiHO
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http://maururu.net
3:03 a.m.
New subject: diameter on a Mac - how to emulate the AltGr key
Hello,
I tried both .Xmodmaps - that from the FAQ:
keycode 63 = Control_L
keycode 60 = Alt_L
keycode 66 = Alt_L
clear mod1
clear Control
add mod1 = Alt_L
add Control = Control_L
and the other one JIHO was so kind to post:
! Switch meta and control
keycode 67 = Meta_L
keycode 63 = Control_L
keycode 71 = Control_R
clear mod2
clear control
add mod2 = Meta_L
add control = Control_L Control_R
! Switch the left alt key to be alt
! and leave the other as Mode_switch, for accents
keycode 66 = Alt_L
Neither works on my Tiger machine. Hm. As I have learned about
HexCodes inbetween, it's not really urgent. So I ask people to
respond only in the case they are a little bored… (-;
Greetings,
Wolf
7:03 a.m.
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On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Wolf Drechsel wrote:
I think You are describing how to do it in the aqua environment.
Using inkscape on a mac, I have to use the X11 surroundings.
What I described was what I did while running the X11 version of Inkscape on my Mac
running OS X. I did a remote X11 connection to a linux machine I use for building, in
fact.
I'm using very stock OS X 10.6.2
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