Post AMSm3rb4YNV1fs8FbE by Zzim@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AMSl9BwsDKysHtJ2iO by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T20:29:03Z
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I’ve been using Linux for ~20 years and I just barely setup my compose key./me shakes head
(DIR) Post #AMSlPbrlcXm3IqkL5c by fullstackthaumaturge@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T20:32:06Z
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@atoponce I've been using Linux a little longer, and I still haven't mastered #ed or #vi. I can perform basic operations, but nothing fancy.(My fault for learning #emacs first.)
(DIR) Post #AMSlZ6KphwP4PGrr1s by abbienormal@tech.lgbt
2022-08-12T20:33:50Z
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@atoponce compose key ?
(DIR) Post #AMSln2GncOYBqxcphA by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T20:36:22Z
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@abbienormal A dedicated key that gives you access to some extended ASCII characters like smart quotes, ellipses, and en/em dashes. For example:“Eeh…it’s me—Mario!” – Mariohttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey
(DIR) Post #AMSm3rb4YNV1fs8FbE by Zzim@mastodon.social
2022-08-12T20:39:23Z
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@atoponce I first installed Red Hat from 3 x 3.5” floppies in about 1997(ish) & have never used a compose keyI am such a wastrel & a rank amateur
(DIR) Post #AMSmng3dmvpVCtLAQ4 by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T20:47:39Z
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Now I'm looking at my password generator, and wondering how much extended ASCII coverage I have and whether or not it would be possible to type.https://github.com/atoponce/webpassgen
(DIR) Post #AMSnDVoSV7Z8xiYfAW by wwwgem@social.linux.pizza
2022-08-12T20:52:19Z
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@atoponce This OS keeps things entertaining even after decades of use and that's part of its magic !
(DIR) Post #AMSoaHHYn8H0Vjabbc by IvanSanchez@mastodon.social
2022-08-12T21:07:40Z
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@atoponce You may try to use getLayoutMap() to get which characters can be typed by the user in their current configuration. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Keyboard/getLayoutMap
(DIR) Post #AMSorKUY6ziLO6nP6G by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T21:10:46Z
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@IvanSanchez Interesting. I‘ll give that a look. Thanks.I was thinking of getting the defined characters from the “GTK Compose Table”, and compare that with what I defined in my generator.https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable
(DIR) Post #AMSpjLGVS5OlQMyyfY by IvanSanchez@mastodon.social
2022-08-12T21:20:31Z
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@atoponce But I'll guess you'll have to take the browser's locale into account at some point.I wouldn't trust that compose table to work the same in KDE, or with a spanish keyboard, or with a cyrillic one.
(DIR) Post #AMSpm6Glf8DFmhQ6Jk by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T21:21:01Z
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@IvanSanchez Good point.
(DIR) Post #AMSqoPXH6NQG4So556 by sotolf@social.linux.pizza
2022-08-12T21:32:39Z
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@atoponce @abbienormal I have all of those on my normal keyboard, do they not come as standard on American keyboards?
(DIR) Post #AMSqzvAFqbFrLpWmKO by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-12T21:34:44Z
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@sotolf @abbienormal No. You have the dumb quotes ' and " and the ASCII hyphen -.
(DIR) Post #AMSrGuDWceXrKu9l7Q by sotolf@social.linux.pizza
2022-08-12T21:37:31Z
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@atoponce @abbienormal we have dead keys for most of the accents and the altgr key (right alt for extras) mine is not standard, but looks like this one
(DIR) Post #AMUF6giQYfmQckEOpM by atoponce@fosstodon.org
2022-08-13T13:39:35Z
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@geekosupremo I’m more just curious if I set one of these as my Mastodon password for example, if I could type it when I can’t copy it out of my password manager.