[B-Greek] Adding accents

David E. Kiefer, Registrar dkiefer at fuller.edu
Tue Feb 16 20:10:24 EST 2010


I think this may have to do more with the font than with the operating 
system. The font I use on a Mac (Helena) works exactly this way --  you 
type a breathing mark, accent, combination of the two, or iota-subscript 
AFTER the character it goes with.

Timothy S. Nelson wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010, Ruth Mathys wrote:
>
>   
>> Am I the only person who finds it really counter-intuitive to type the
>> accent first, and then the letter?  It's not how I write by hand (does
>> anybody?), so I need a system that lets me do the letter first.  Or do just
>> the letters, and go back and put the accents in later ;-)
>>
>> I find I can touchtype reasonably well with a mapping that lets me 'cheat'
>> by equating theta with Q, omega with W, etc.  I know it's not how a modern
>> Greek keyboard is laid out (at least not according to the 'polytonic Greek'
>> keyboard mapping on my Mac), but it works for me and I'm not too proud to
>> use it.
>>     
>
>  	This problem is specific to your operating system and keyboard layout. 
> I know how to solve this problem on my computer (although I haven't gotten 
> around to it yet), but since you're using a Mac, and I'm using Linux, what I 
> know would most likely not transfer.
>
>  	The setup you're using is what is called a "dead keys" setup; you type 
> the accent first, and nothing happens (this is the dead key).  Then you press 
> the other key, and both symbols appear at once.
>
>  	The setup that would work would be a pure Unicode setup; first you 
> would press eg. the alpha key, which would display an alpha immediately, then 
> you would press the accent key, which would put an accent on the previous 
> character.
>
>  	As to how to actually do that on a Mac, I'm afraid I don't have an 
> answer.  But maybe I've helped you at least move in the right direction by 
> giving you some idea of what questions to ask, and what people might be 
> talking about.  Note that "pure unicode" is not a previously defined technical 
> term; it simply describes what I see as being the major factor in this 
> solution, so other people might say "pure unicode", and be referring to 
> something else.
>
>  	Anyway, I hope something here helps you in some way.
>
>  	:)
>
>
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