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Just FYI his name is Linus (just like Linus Torvalds). It's a common name for Swedes (Torvalds in from the Swedish minority in Finland). The Linux name is a pl

Just FYI his name is Linus (just like Linus Torvalds). It's a common name for Swedes (Torvalds in from the Swedish minority in Finland). The Linux name is a play on Linus' name. The Å in Åkesson can be typed on a US keyboard by hitting alt+a. To make ä & ö you'd hit `alt+u a` and `alt+u o`. To make a ø, which is the Norwegian/Danish way to say ö, you type `alt-o`. EDIT: the keyboard things are on a US layout on a Mac. For a standard keyboard it might be the same, or not. I don't know...

exprx 11y ago
>Torvalds in from the Swedish minority in Finland Torvalds is from the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland.
- khgvljhkb 11y ago
  At least in Swedish they are called "Finlandssvenskar", which means Finland-swedes. That is why I count them as Swedes just like the Swedes living in Sweden, Norway, Denmark or anywhere else.
yoklov 11y ago
The alt combinations do not work on Windows, and I believe they don't on most (all?) Linuxes either. On my phone or I'd provide the equivalents.
m12k 11y ago
If you're on a Mac and need to write an unfamiliar accent, then by far the easiest is to just hold down the keyboard key of the base letter (or in this case shift + 'a' since its a capital letter) and then select the appropriate accent from the list - just like you can on iOS.
- jstanley 11y ago
  "easiest is to just hold down the keyboard key of the base letter" Does this mean that you can't hold down a key to produce multiple copies of the same letter?
  - knodi123 11y ago
    yes for space and tab. no for letters. in practice, I've never actually needed typematic repetition of letters, so it's a reasonable tradeoff IMO.
  - to3m 11y ago
    You can disable it - I've got it disabled on mine. I don't remember how, though. There are no obvious options in the System Preferences. I wonder if it's buried somewhere in Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4Macbook).
jdmichal 11y ago
Windows alt-codes -- Hold down alt, then hit the number combination on the num-pad, then release alt: Å - 0197 å - 0229 Ä - 0196 ä - 0228 Ö - 0214 ö - 0246 From http://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/list/ http://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/list/
ibotty 11y ago
That was autocomplete on my phone...

exprx 11y ago

>Torvalds in from the Swedish minority in Finland Torvalds is from the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland.

khgvljhkb 11y ago
At least in Swedish they are called "Finlandssvenskar", which means Finland-swedes. That is why I count them as Swedes just like the Swedes living in Sweden, Norway, Denmark or anywhere else.

yoklov 11y ago

The alt combinations do not work on Windows, and I believe they don't on most (all?) Linuxes either. On my phone or I'd provide the equivalents.

m12k 11y ago

If you're on a Mac and need to write an unfamiliar accent, then by far the easiest is to just hold down the keyboard key of the base letter (or in this case shift + 'a' since its a capital letter) and then select the appropriate accent from the list - just like you can on iOS.

jstanley 11y ago
"easiest is to just hold down the keyboard key of the base letter" Does this mean that you can't hold down a key to produce multiple copies of the same letter?
- knodi123 11y ago
  yes for space and tab. no for letters. in practice, I've never actually needed typematic repetition of letters, so it's a reasonable tradeoff IMO.
- to3m 11y ago
  You can disable it - I've got it disabled on mine. I don't remember how, though. There are no obvious options in the System Preferences. I wonder if it's buried somewhere in Karabiner (formerly KeyRemap4Macbook).

jdmichal 11y ago

Windows alt-codes -- Hold down alt, then hit the number combination on the num-pad, then release alt: Å - 0197 å - 0229 Ä - 0196 ä - 0228 Ö - 0214 ö - 0246 From http://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/list/ http://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/alt-codes/list/

ibotty 11y ago

That was autocomplete on my phone...