Over at apple.stackexchange.com a poster has figured out how to customize the popup menu of special characters that appears when you hold down a key in Lion. The list of characters in that menu is given, for example, in the Keyboard-en.plist found in System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources.
Access to Contents can be obtained by selecting the app icon and doing Control +click/Show Package Contents. Logout/login should be done after editing the .plist.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Windows Font and Script Support
Of possible interest for those using Windows on their Mac, I recently came across this page which provides info on the font and script support of various Windows versions, including the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bb688099
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bb688099
Monday, March 12, 2012
iOS 5.1 Adds Language Features
iOS 5.1 released March 7 adds some new language features, but only for certain devices: the iPad 3 gets dictation in US/UK/Australian English, French, German, and Japanese. The iPhone 4S gets Siri functions in Japanese in addition to the languages provided earlier (English, French, German).
I don't have devices with these features, but I understand that for Siri the language is selected in Settings / General / Siri / Language. Also the keyboard should be set to the language being spoken. Internet access is required.
I don't have devices with these features, but I understand that for Siri the language is selected in Settings / General / Siri / Language. Also the keyboard should be set to the language being spoken. Internet access is required.
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