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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 shi
by 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 agoyes 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 agoYou 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).