keyboard access to some special characters

[David Herren]

On Apr 24, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:

> option-v --> √
>
> How I know that? Well I use a little trick... :)
>
> If you open the "International" system preference and click on the
> "Input Menu" tab. You can "Show input menu in menu bar" and turn on
> the display of the "Keyboard Viewer". That little keyboard viewer will
> allow you to explore what the option key, control key, etc. do to the
> currently keyboard keys.

I have stared for hours at that little keyboard looking for that  
character, so I was surprised that I hadn't seen it. Since I work in  
multiple languages I keep the international menu available. I quickly  
switched to an editor, and tried option-v... no joy. Option-shift-V,  
no joy. Different font. No joy.... But then I knew it wouldn't  
work...Option-V is a dead key that I use to insert the háček over  
certain letters. (similar to option-e which is a dead key for  
inserting acute accents over vowels, the háček is that character  
over the letter c in the word háček)

Then it hit me. Because I also have to type lot's of diacritics, I  
use the US-International keyboard. I switched to the "regular" US  
keyboard and option-V works. I haven't used the regular US keyboard  
in a VERY long time. I'll have to toggle back and forth.

Thanks.

/david

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