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Re: a very simple question (I hope)


 

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I have always used the ¡Ì sign and has never had any complaints.?

But it¡¯s an interesting question, and I love mysteries, so ¡­ yes, there is a solution (probably more, but here¡¯s one) and it¡¯s simple:?

You can easily make your own shortcut ¡­?


System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text Replacements?

Click the + to add one and type e.g. ;v (or whatever else you feel like, that you normally don¡¯t use) and then paste in this:??

It works for me in instantly in Messages and I also made it work in Mail too, but I had to dig a little to make it wok in Mail. So here¡¯s the trick.?

1. Open Mail
2. Create a new email
3. In the menu bar, click Edit > Substitutions > Text Replacement
4. Make sure it¡¯s checked/enabled
5. Type the shortcut (e.g., ;v) in the body of the message, then hit space ¡ª it should convert to ?

Now it also works in Mail.?
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It seems it also works in Text Edit and in Safari, if you ever have to type text in Safari.?

I also tried in Word, but no luck ¡­ Word has it¡¯s own text replacement, so you have to set up you're replacements sin Word.?

For other apps, I havent tested.?

But anyway ¡­ it seems I can be made to work faily easy.?

I also came across an app called Espanso () ¡­ it¡¯s free, but and its a bit tricky to get started with. You have to use Terminal.

If needed, I can - to the best of my abilities - try to type a relatively simple ¡°how to¡±.?

But at least now you know how to get ? that is not a ¡Ì?

:-)

Peter




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On 15 May 2025, at 16.51, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:



On May 15, 2025, at 7:42 AM, Jaqi Thompson via groups.io <yywomyn@...> wrote:

None of the Character Viewer checkmarks I found look like the one Randy has; where did that one come from?


Different fonts have different, usually hidden, extended characters. ?I think that one was from Lucinda Grande. ?You have to hit some combination of modifier keys to get it. ?I just pulled it from a form that I once created.

There used to be utilities that would give you a list of all of the extended characters included with each of your installed fonts. ?I haven¡¯t looked lately to see if any of these still exist. ?Nowadays I just save time and cut and paste special characters from past documents if I don¡¯t know where and how to access them.

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