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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I have just watched Idiocracy... I can't take it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gnome search works also for characters

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Presumably the original post was made facetiously, but since a lot of people are talking about special characters in the comments:

I can't confirm anymore, but besides all the alt shortcuts in the comments, in Windows it used to be that you could open the Character Map from the Start menu, then either copy any character from a chart or select the character to see its alt code.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There have been enough times that I've stated something obvious and been declared mistaken by the original poster that I've learned to hedge my bets. Also, if I pretend to be ignorant of some obvious things, it can be funnier.

If you'd prefer it to be framed another way, I'm a coward.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Ha, that's fair.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Used to work with someone who would recycle characters. Like, instead of typing a letter on the keyboard (which had many keys specifically for this purpose), they would go looking for that letter in some text they were going to discard and Ctrl-X Ctrl-V it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I mean in this economy who can blame them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is what I used once when my keyboard broke and some keys stopped working. Even ordering the new keyboard was difficult when I couldn't type my delivery address properly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's where the on screen keyboard app can be handy as well. It's on most computers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Back in my day we didn't have no fancy on screen keyboard built into windows! We copy and pasted from a random readme.txt file when our keyboards broke! (Or were taken away by our parents thinking it would make the computer inoperable, haha)

It is a really nice feature now though.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 months ago (7 children)

You kid, but as an Canadian Anglophone, this is what I do any time I have to send an email to someone with a French name with an accented character.

Yes, I know the special character menu is a thing, but I have shit to do.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I do this to type ™®©• on my computer

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's always some bitch named Hélênè.

(This was accomplished by searching, in no particular order, 'e accent aigu', 'Pokemon wikipedia', and 'e with pointy hat')

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

H̴̢̰̙̬͆́́̊̑́̽͐̐é̸͓̼̋́̍ͅľ̵̨̛̲̠͎̠̮̮̙̠͕̖̖̥̰͚́̈͌͒̆̈̆ê̶̘̘̘̮̙̪̦̹̟̩̂̋̀̊̊̈́̐̍̈́͗̒̃̽͐̕n̷͍̺̻̱̰̳̦͒̊͂̄̽͑̍̃̂͗͆͘͜è̴̦͚̮͎̖̖̩̻͉͋̀̌̅̒̇͌ is such a b̴e̷a̸u̴t̷i̴f̵u̷l̴ n̵̡̢̡̨̨̢̡̧̡̧̧̨̢̨̧̨̢̧̨̡̨̧̢̛̗̗̻̬͈̗̖͈̙̫̠͕̥̲̲̙͕͕̣̞͉̦̙̗̻̥̝̼̬͉͚̮͖̻̘͉͕̜̟̗̫̣̰͎̩͚̼̤͉͇̟̙͍͕̤̩͙̳̥̗͚̼̱͓̝̱̗̬̜̳̳̼̬͎̥̺̞̦͔̘̤̟̼̻̲͕̳̤̯̙̤̗͕̼̰͇̙̟̖̪̱̝͖̭̺̼̫̣̳̮̺̦͇̝̯̠̟̼̫̘̫͔̤̗͕̖̟̲̳͓̼̖̘̦̩̟̹̹̝̻̮̯̗̜͇̳̯͇̥͙͔̝̠̞̱̲̭̲̥̳̻̲͙̙̘͚̳̬̱͔̫̩̠͙͎͇̟͕̠͍̠̠̮̭̱̗͇͓̥̪̥͓͉͚͓͍̱̝̦̯̹̠͙̩̖̜̘̞̻̟͙̗͉̙̮̻̦̱̪͚̠͉̙̱͍̘͉͎͙̺̯͔̖̿͌̋͒̔̄̍̽̀̏͂̀̀̅̊́͂̈̐̓́̀̂̈́̈́̓͑̎̒͆̀͑͒̎̈̂̈̊̈̏̎́́͋͋̀̉̊̈́́̑̓̓̉̂̌̾̓̂̐̾̈́̊́̿̀́̇̂͂̀̐̆̆̽̂̍̎̔͊͗̓̏͂̄̿͑̽͑̃̈́̄̾͂͗̋́͋͘͘̚̕̕͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͠͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅą̵̢̡̡̨̧̢̧̧̡̨̛̛͎̪̣̜̣̘̻͙͈͈̥̘͚̼̗̩̮̠̜͉͎͍͍̝̭̹̞̜̰̦̣̙̟̟̩̮͙͖̥͓͔̝͙͍̟̠͙̮͎̹̳͖̰̪̼̙̻͓͔͍̭̞̟̯̤̩̲͈͇̳̝͔̩̮̣̠̥̖̺͕̟̩̣͖͍͇̠͖̏̿̊͊̀̄̈́̓́͗̌͋̈́̓̔̃̄͘͜͜͜m̴̛̙͚̭̪̼̯̝͇̞̹̼̫͉̬̖̩̥͓̏̎̅̇̂̄̀̓̌̂͋̓̏̋̊̑̒̊͒̂͛́̒͋̄͋͑̋͛͋͛̒̊͒́̀̄̀̓̊̀̌̉̑̎̽͂͋̍̓̿̊͗̌̋̍̄͌͑̀̿͂̌̾̓̀͋̊̋̃́̊́̃̃͐̄̀̅̌͌́̓̈́̄͋̂͂̆̈͌̀̈́̎̋̐͌͂̈́̑̉̑̎̽̎͛̑̏͛̌̄̈́̄̐̿̇̎̾̇̓̍̄͒̓͛̆̍̔̾͗̾̀̊̐̂͆͂̏̾́̃́͒̒̈́̃̄̏͂̄̊̋͑̀̒̐͗́̾̈́̿̏͆͗̓̏́̏͂͒̿͊̚̕̕͘̕̚̚̕̚̚͘͘̚͘̚̕͠͠͝͠͝͠͝͝e̵̡̡̢̨̨̡̢̨̢̨̧̡̢̡̢̢̨̢̢̧̨̨̯͔̻͚͚̥̠̗͍̫̩̞̮̣̫̹̙̰͔̙̭̲̻̭̦̫̹͖̥͎͖̳͎̠̥̙̗̖̖̳̫̖͇̲̗̥͖̙̜͓̺͖̥͎̗̟̹͖͖̖͙̞̥͓̦̙͍̬̣̫̹͔̣̻̭̘͈͍͚̲̝̹̠͕̣̪̜̘̝̞͔͙̺̯̘̹̩̳̳̮͖̣͕͔̟̬͈̻̥͚̟̰͍͈̻͙̦͙͉͔͔̣̟̬̤̞̭͖̰̣̦͔̫̥̣̪͎̺͓̲̠̬̣̘̗̠͎̩͎͇̥͔̫̖̦̭͓̙̦̪̫̼̲̲̩̫̪̟͈̥̙̞͎͕̮̗̻̙̱̲͓̜̪̺̰͓̲͉̘͔̝͇͈̰̹̤̤͓̪̰̺̝͉̺̠̠̹͈͉̠͙͌͊̈́̓͋̔̓͗̔̀͊͗̈́̅̒̌̎̔̓̅̇̈͋͐̒̈́̃̓̀̄̂̈́̾̃͘͘̚̕͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͠͠͝ͅͅ

Also

Recommend text replacement software if ever a name/word comes up frequently :)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Try this instead if you have a number pad on your keyboard:

Hold alt and type 0233 and then release the alt key.

For my favourite, type : then hold alt and type 0254. 😛

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Or better yet, start using the US-international keyboard layout. You press the accent you want (', `, ", ~, ...) and the letter you want it on, and boom. Writing normal versions of those symbols requires a space after writing them, but that's easy to get used to.

It's pretty much the default setting in the Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I tried this for a bit, until I came into work hungover one Monday and for the life of me couldn't figure out why my password wasn't working.

(May have been the Canadian multilingual layout, I don't remember)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For most letters RightAlt-[The letter] will do it for me.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have not had a number pad on my keyboard for some time :( I remember this arcane magic

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I believe you can do this with the on-screen keyboard! If you're using Windows, I think that can be accessed with super+u (but I haven't used Windows in a long time so I apologize if I misremembered or if this is no longer accurate).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'll give this a shot!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (7 children)

What you have to do to type é on a standard keyboard is white supremacy in action

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

French Canada keyboard is best keyboard for this reason

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just press shift+è, smh

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

ABNT2 keyboard gang here, we just press ´+e. It even has a dedicated key for ç, French words do not scare us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I just have to press Alt Gr and the vowel at the same time. ÁÉÍÓÚ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

For me the é is txped using Shift + ü Guess what Layout that is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is in NF Z71‐300.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I Google for the l and the I when I can't identify them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I search character identifier when I’m curious

Also it’s too bad this hasn’t been fixed in all fonts yet because it makes some scams easier.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I just use hyphens for everything.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

That's actually the alt code for an en dash. Em dash is Alt+0151!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago

This should be a lot more upvoted.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Many applications will automatically convert two hyphens to an em dash.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not my copy of Microsoft Word I was given by work, I can say that much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Bootleg Office 95?

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