June 2006
Beginner
688 pages
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Table 2-3. Possible ideas for shortcuts
Shortcut Meaning Context for use
Ctrl-/ L Ł (L with stroke, U+0141) Polish names
Ctrl-. e ė (e with dot above, U+0117) Lithuanian names
Ctrl-- - → (right arrow, U+2192) Mathematical texts, references
Alt-Ctrl-2 ² (superscript two, U+00B2) General text containing, for example, m²
Alt-S c ♣ (black club suit, U+2663) Bridge column
AltGr-S š (s with caron, U+0161) Czech names
Alt-f
♀ (female sign, U+2640) Biological texts
Special Techniques
General techniques that let you type any Unicode character are often impractical when
you need to write a large number of characters of some particular kind. More specialized
techniques are often more convenient. Moreover, some characters cannot be written
just by selecting a character from a map, since they need to be represented as combi-
nations of two (or more) Unicode characters.
Combining Diacritic Marks
Unicode has a special concept of combining diacritic marks, which will be described
in detail in Chapter 8. Here, we discuss its relevance to typing characters.
A combining diacritic mark is a Unicode character that is not meant to be shown as
such but only in conjunction with another character, a base character. For example, a
combining acute accent, U+0301, has really no independent appearance, but when
combined with the Latin small letter “u” U+0075 as a base character, it produces ú. By
definition, the two-character ...
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