I use a Linux distro with kde, so I have a lot of customization available. I like trying other distros in VMs, but stuff like windows (no need to copy really kde is similar by default) and Mac is a pain in the ass to use that way. so, I want to know what your os does that you think I should copy using kde’s customization. I’m looking for Mac in particular (bc I haven’t used it before) but any OS or desktop environment is fair game.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 days ago

    That’s a Windows system, requires a numeric keypad, has been around for a long time. I don’t know what its coverage is, though, whether it can do any Unicode character.

    kagis

    Sounds like not, that Microsoft has its own mapping:

    https://www.alt-codes.net/how_to_use_alt_codes/

    The special characters and symbols can be typed by their Alt Code values on computers which are running Microsoft Windows operating systems. They cannot be typed by their Unicode values.

    Problem with the numeric entry systems is that they’re kind of a pain to remember. They work all right if you have a small number of symbols that you need to use frequently and can memorize them. But they’re less-handy if you’ve got a wider variety.

    GTK-based apps (like, a bunch of Linux GUI apps) will let you do numeric entry of Unicode codepoints if you hit Control-Shift-U and then enter a Unicode codepoint.

    Honestly, I’m kind of surprised that the open-source Android onscreen keyboards that I’ve seen don’t support user-configurable popup menus on keys with arbitary characters and text snippets, as it seems like an obvious thing to want to configure.