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[–] toynbee 9 points 5 months ago (3 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.

[–] subtext 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One of the great tricks is also [Super] + [.] to bring up a mixed emoji and emoticon library!

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

Where the hell is the "Super" key?

[–] subtext 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] PlantDadManGuy 2 points 5 months ago

Thx I have never heard it called that before

[–] ccf 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

as someone who types special characters a lot, I can't believe how people go about without the compose key

[–] toynbee 2 points 5 months ago

I feel like I saw one of those a very very long time ago, but otherwise, never heard of one. Thank you for the edification!

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

What is neo? Are you talking about neovim? I've never used it

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

Interesting. I only type in English so I wouldn't have a use for it. I just use Dvorak and remap Caps lock to Compose

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