cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/19231076
We have Unicode these days: blåhaj
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2024
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How do I type that on a desktop without a numpad and without putting "å" into my clipboard?
On Windows, you can open the emoji picker with Win+. or Win+, (depending on locale iirc). Then just switch to the symbols tab by clicking the omega symbol and chose å
Alternatively, you can install PowerToys, which includes a quick accentuator tool.
Alternatively, you can install PowerToys, which includes a quick accentuator tool.
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Failing that win+r and type charmap. You can browse symbols there.
charmap.exe? Holy shit. Windows 95 called, but I didn't have a 33.6k modem ready to answer.
I mostly just had the alt+whatever codes memorized when I was typing French or German, but I didn't always have a numpad when I was using laptops away from home. I just ended up using charmap and never realized newer windows had any replacement (although I'm on mac for work and also use linux for both work and some home stuff now as well so not spending as much time in Windows).
Hold the Combine key (Linux-only, user-configurable, usually RCtrl) and press a twice. Or Combine+a+*.
Or get a laptop with a numpad. I am so used to Alt+num that I'd donate to someone to implement it in the Linux libinput, and I'm not alone.
You are not alone. I am here with you.
Compose key
Depends on your computing platform.
I see another reply has already covered Linux.
On a Mac, press and hold a character key and a list of accent characters will appear. There are also dead key combinations using the option key to enter special characters directly.
If you're like me and wondered what a dead key is…
A dead key is a special kind of modifier key on a mechanical typewriter, or computer keyboard, that is typically used to attach a specific diacritic to a base letter.[1] The dead key does not generate a (complete) character by itself, but modifies the character generated by the key struck immediately after.
US international layout, or make a custom layout (KbdEdit is multiplatform but there's free Linux programs to do it too)
It's annoying to type in the terminal tho.
No, it isn't. Why would it be?
Because you would need to know the code for å in all kb layouts, on all OS's, even in a bare terminal with no way to just open the emoji picker, with or without special keys and no clipboard. Of course, tab completion or globs may help you, but not in all cases.
Try to select blåhaj.txt in a dir with blåhaj.txt and blahaj.txt present. Easy, ls bl*haj.txt | grep -i blahaj.txt. Now with blåhaj.txt and bløhaj.txt. Not as easy anymore, but doable with tail -n1 or head -n1. Now do it consistently in a script. So you again need to single out the right string, or single char, and >> it into the script so you have the special char. Then you have a component that does not like certain special chars, so you need to escape it. All because one decided to use special chars as a file name/identifier. Using [a-zA-Z0-9-_.:;,]* would be so easy.
Because you would need to know the code for å in all kb layouts, on all OS's,
WTF!? Why would you ever need to know that!?
So, you create a file with the name containing å. Then you send it to another person. They want to handle it via the command line. Because it's more efficient. So that person needs to know said information.
Most people never type a full file name on the command line, they normally just use file name completion.
And if they happen to have a lot of files that are only distinguished by some single character, what would be so difficult about typing that one character then?
The fact they couldn't type that one character, on the command line, without those special chars.
I still don't get what would be so difficult about typing one such character if ever needed.
Noooooo what did you do to that poor shonky :ccc
The data will be preserved 🤖
TIL blahaj refers to a soft toy shark sold by IKEA.
Would the association with the transgender community be news to you, or is that how you first heard the term?
No that's new to me too, based off me searching the word and seeing the Wiki article on the toy. I'd seen the word because of one of the instances (blahaj zone), but I literally never see the word outside of Lemmy.
Well, heads-up: it's called that for a reason.
now do blahaj.zip
blahaj, neatly in a sleeping bag, zipped up to their… chinjaw?
Withy some compression straps around it to make it look smaller in places
I find it very appropriate this post came out of lemmy.zip
Crammed headfirst in a freezer bag and sat on.
if you suck in the air of a blåhaj do you become a cute trans girl 🤔