[ubuntu-za] Accented characters in Afrikaans

[Charl Wentzel]

Hi Guys

The latest full circle magazine finally answered some long standing 
questions for me.  I thought I'd share it with those that are still 
uninformed (like me).

*1. Special characters on vowels.
*Press <alt gr> with an accent key, lift hand, then press the vowel key.
e.g. 'ä' = <alt gr><;> <a>

It's also very easy to remember the accent key, because the key or 
<shift> character for the key looks similar to the special character:

; or : --> ë    --> <alt gr>+<;> <e>
' or " --> é
\ or | --> è
6 or ^ --> ê

*2. Currency symbols
*Not all currency symbols appear on all keyboards. <alt gr> has the 
answer once more:

<alt gr>+2   -->  ¥
<alt gr>+3   -->  £
<alt gr>+4   -->  $
<alt gr>+5   -->  EUR

Hope this helps someone else out there.

Charl
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