Keyboard input of umlaut?
Is there a way to key in umlauts directly from the keyboard? F2 input via clicking in the GUI is super inefficient for a touch typist. Suggested methods for keying in unicode don't seem to work for me.
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ä for ä ? OTOH it works for me just fine directly from my German QWERTZ keyboard
Oh, you mean in texts of a score inside MuseScore?
In reply to ä for ä ? by Jojo-Schmitz
I have a North American keyboard. I am keying in lyrics in German. Google search results suggest that Alt+0228 produces an umlaut-a, but that doesn't seem to work for me, either in a text editor or in MuseScore.
In reply to I have a North American… by esmeadows
Alt+0228 works here, you need to keep the Alt key pressed until after the 8
Here for copy/paste:
äöüÄÖÜß
In reply to I have a North American… by esmeadows
Use of the "Alt" method is OS-specific and also keyboard-specific. It generally works on Windows computers that have a numeric keypad only. Can't speak for other systems or keyboards; you'd need to look up how to do it for your specific OS/keyboard.
In reply to Use of the "Alt" method is… by Marc Sabatella
I have a Logitech keyboard on my Fedora Core 26 Linux machine. The "Alt" method doesn't work.
Given that keyboards and operating systems have no consistency with regards to umlauts (and probably other non-English characters), it would seem to be a good idea to support special characters through the application itself. And it does, via the F2 GUI. But this is cumbersome for touch typists and a keyboard alternative in place of the F2 GUI method would be greatly appreciated.
In reply to I have a Logitech keyboard… by esmeadows
Trouble is every application would need to define its own way of doing this - not really very practical. This is a problem that should be solved at the keyboard / OS level.
In reply to Trouble is every application… by Marc Sabatella
Perhaps. But since the non-English characters are already accessed within the application via F2, it would presumably be pretty straightforward to augment the F2 method with a keyboard equivalent. No core change would be required, only an additional key combination.
In reply to Perhaps. But since the non… by esmeadows
Right, but what I'm saying is, it seems wasteful for every application builder to have to reinvent the wheel here, when it is something the OS maker could do instead and solve the problem for everyone.