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> virtual keyboards that do things normal keyboards can't (like pressing on a key for a second and getting several accented characters). Can't, or don't? Repe
by ori_b 13y ago
> virtual keyboards that do things normal keyboards can't (like pressing on a key for a second and getting several accented characters).
Can't, or don't? Repeating keys isn't all that useful, and a different behavior could certainly be implemented in software.
- dubya 13y agoOS X actually does this now. You get a little pop-up when you hold down e(èéêëēėę) for example and press a number to choose. It's efficient enough if you don't type them often enough to remember the alternate keystrokes. (option something something) It actually doesn't work well in TeX because it depends on having the correct input encoding set, which still breaks when you have multiple collaborators. Though \:e for ë is pretty easy to remember.