From: Karl Pentzlin (karl-pentzlin@acssoft.de)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2008 - 15:57:46 CDT
Am Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 um 21:53 schrieb Gerrit Sangel:
GS> The entire Ăź key does not have any space for the capital Ăź any more. The only
GS> way (which would make sense) would be AltGr+S.
If you allow Shift+AltGr (like e.g. the Finnish-Sámi keyboard), there is
still enough room left.
GS> But if the keyboard producers manage to put the capital Ăź on the keyboard, I
GS> am really angry.
GS> I am fighting a war that people use the „“ instead of "", but it seems
GS> hopeless ... I do
GS> not see the problem for the keyboard producers to print some characters like
GS> „“’»« on the keyboard. There is still so much space left. They managed to do
GS> that quite easily with the € sign and even the Windows keys.
Look at the „Europatastatur“ (an “European keyboard” based on the German
standard layout) at http://www.europatastatur.de .
It enables you to type the capital Ăź by Shift+AltGr+S (the next version
probably will move that letter to the Shift+AltGr+Ăź position where everybody
seems to expect it) but contains also the quotes and similar characters
required for correct typography.
Using that keyboard layout, you can type (besides the capital Ăź) without
any compromises (hoping this will pacify your anger):
„ʿĀʾiša’s Reise von Lʹwiw – 49°50′10″N, 24°1′50″O – nach Hawaiʻi“
(“ʿĀʾisha’s journey from Lʹviv—49°50′10″N, 24°1′50″E—to Hawaiʻi”)
- Karl Pentzlin
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