Dear linguistically challenged Alan,

Try these Alt combinations below to create the umlaut symbol over the
letter n, as in Piñones, one of my favorite places to collect an assortment
of small and interesting intertidal marine molluscan species in the San
Juan area of Puerto Rico. This collecting area is right outside the
airport. My best trips there have yielded no less that 20 species and as
much as 32.  BTW, when printing the umlaut with a dot matrix printer, the
"n" unlaut combination will not be printed and the letter will be missing
from the print out.

Alt 1188 = ñ
Alt 1189 = Ñ

Alt 164 = ñ
Alt 165 = Ñ

Rich


Original Message:
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From: Alan Gettleman [log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 06:57:58 -0400
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Umlaut


Dear Shellers and Linguists,
That is great and it works.  But I cannot find the magic keys for the
"tilde" over the letter "n" used so much in Spanish.  Is there a shortcut
for that?

Alan Gettleman, linguistically challenged in
Merritt Island, FL
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From: "Patty Jansen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:23 PM
Subject: Umlaut


Dear Linda and other English-speaking people,

Yes, that is correct Röding is the same as Roeding, for the time when
computers would not do umlauts and other signs. Now, they all do, and it
just takes a little figuring out. Each program has it's own way of
inserting these, but a usually foolproof method is the Alt-key and the
number keypad on the right side of your computer keyboard (note that you
may have to have the number-lock key pressed before it will work and type
the three-digit number on the number keypad while holding either of the two
the Alt keys).

Now repeat after me:

Alt-129 = ü
Alt-130 = é
Alt-135 = ç
Alt-136 = ë
Alt-147 = ô
Alt-148 = ö
Alt-149 = ò
Alt-160 = á
Alt-162 = ó

So now we all expect your shell labels to be perfect!

Patty

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