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Ruben Verweij (Backup)I'm trying to figure out how to input some special characters used for IAST Sanskrit transliteration, specifically on Android. Namely, characters with an underdot (e.g., ṇ) and also the combination of macron and underdot (e.g., ṝ).For the rest of the IAST and Devanāgarī symbols, I've made an overview of how to type them on Android and Linux here: <a href="https://en.kedara.nl/wiki/Devanagari#Character_input" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.kedara.nl/wiki/Devanagari#Character_input</a>Please let me know if you happen to know the answer so that I can finish the chart and hopefully help others with the same question. Edit: I found an answer and have updated the page above: "However, you can use these characters by switching to Google's Gboard keyboard (instead of the Samsung keyboard) and choosing both the "Sanskrit (Latin)", for IAST, and "Sanskrit (India)", for Devanāgarī, input languages. Then all characters are available on long pressing the relevant keys."Edit2: in case someone is interested, I also found an open-source alternative and describe how to configure it here: <a href="https://en.kedara.nl/wiki/Configuring_HeliBoard_for_Sanskrit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.kedara.nl/wiki/Configuring_HeliBoard_for_Sanskrit</a><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanskrit</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/AndroidKeyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AndroidKeyboard</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/InputMethod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InputMethod</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/diacritics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diacritics</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keyboard</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/keybindings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keybindings</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/KeyboardShortcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeyboardShortcut</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/languageFAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languageFAQ</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unicode</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/transliteration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transliteration</a>

C.Okay, I don't know if this is a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GTK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GTK</a> thing, a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gnome</a> thing, a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> thing, or a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cinnamon</a> thing, but I just discovered probably the most user-hostile "helpful" behaviour I've seen in a piece of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> in a long, long time.The find-and-replace dialog in the LibreOffice <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/spreadsheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spreadsheet</a> - I haven't checked the remainder of the apps - has the typical buttons for "Find All", "Find Previous", "Find Next", "Replace", and "Replace All".... and no obvious keyboard shortcuts for them. Nothing shown, no <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/affordances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordances</a>, no typical underlined or bolded letter in each button's label text. Doing a large amount of selective search&replace (don't ask <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Etsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etsy</a> cough cough) is incredibly painful. There's *got* to be <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keyboard</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/shortcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shortcuts</a>, right?Here's the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a>: the shortcut keys are not indicated *until you hold down the alt key*. Then it underlines the appropriate letter in each button's label, but those underlines disappear again when you release the alt key.So you can study this bloody dialog box until the cows come home and never see a hint of a keyboard shortcut, even though it has them.#$*&!^%@ Who thought this was a good idea?<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/usability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usability</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/KeyboardShortcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeyboardShortcut</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UX</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Aral BalkanIf you’re on a Mac and you want to change the keyboard shortcut for showing the emoji picker, e.g., to ⌘E, you can do so from Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts… → App Shortcuts → All Applications.Press the + button to add a shortcut and, in the Menu title textbox, enter (exactly):Emoji & SymbolsHit Done and you’re, umm, done.This is useful when using a non-Apple external keyboard and ⌘^space is too verbose.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macOS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/emoji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emoji</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/emojiPicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emojiPicker</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keyboard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/shortcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shortcut</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/keyboardShortcut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keyboardShortcut</a>

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