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But how can I enter ’ (U+2019) on macOS (US layout) without going through some magic incantation? It’s impossible!
by fainpul 7mo ago
But how can I enter ’ (U+2019) on macOS (US layout) without going through some magic incantation? It’s impossible!
- trashb 7mo agoyou may be able to use the "ctrl (⌃) + cmd (⌘) + space" (character viewer) menu to select it? There may also be another shortcut for it.
- jeroenhd 7mo agoOption + ] will produce ‘, Option+Shift+] will produce ’. Similarly, “” can be produced with Option(+Shift)+[. Alternatively, Option+Shift+e will produce ´.
- chrismorgan 7mo agoUgh, that is such a bad arrangement of the four combos. It should obviously have been [ for left and ] for right (just as [ and ] are a pair), and Shift to turn single into double (just as Shift turns ' into ").
- Terretta 7mo agoI’ve looked at the ASCII tables to try to figure out ¿what were they thinking? and suspect it has to do with option \ and | being « and » (and euro key for ` and ´ being one key’s base and shift). See the ASCII table in the article, for example. I've considered the thing done wrong is the ] and { should've swapped. But then < and > and ( and ) beg me to differ.
- kps 7mo agoFortunately it's easy to on MacOS to make a custom keyboard layout like that.
- fainpul 7mo agoThanks. This is better than the alternatives that I was aware of.
- bitigchi 7mo agoJust enable automatic substitutions from the Edit menu? You can do this on a per-app basis.
- Terretta 7mo agoMacOS, iPadOS, iOS on physical keyboards: “ Option [ ” Option { ‘ Option ] ’ Option } … Option ; - just - – Option - — Option _ • Option 8
- fainpul 7mo ago> ’ Option } But } needs shift. So this is Shift+Option+] which forces me to move my left hand off the base row. Not ideal.