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0 pointsa13n6y ago0 comments

Just hold down your a key if you're on OS X. A menu will appear and you can either click on the å or press 7.

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kzrdude6y ago

Oh ok, so further iphonification there. Sounds convenient in this case.

fouc6y ago

I think you mean opt-a

a13nOP6y ago

That works too, just not a scalable solution for all diacritic characters.

saagarjha6y ago

The former will work if you have not taken the effort to enable key repeat.

Spare_account6y ago

So the traditional behaviour of 'key repeat' has been replaced by 'long press context menu'?

My initial reaction was one of revulsion ("Why do they need to meddle with everything") but after taking a few moments to calm down I realised I could get used to that change.

I think to make it attractive, I would want a quick way to switch between behaviours when I need them. From what I can see, the change between 'long press' and 'key repeat' is effected by launching Terminal, making a configuration change and restarting the machine. I find this unappealing.

https://www.howtogeek.com/267463/how-to-enable-key-repeating...

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siquick6y ago

Great tip, thanks!

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