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> For example, you could enter ñ by holding Alt and typing Numpad1 Numpad6 Numpad4, then releasing the Alt key. To this day, this remains the best way to inser
by ttrrooppeerr 2y ago
> For example, you could enter ñ by holding Alt and typing Numpad1 Numpad6 Numpad4, then releasing the Alt key.
To this day, this remains the best way to insert the character, I have tried the PowerToys Quick Accent [1] but I had so many missed characters when typing fast.
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/quick-accent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/quick-ac...
- Frieren 2y ago> this remains the best way to insert the character The best way is to use a Spanish-layout keyboard. Otherwise, Alt is a useful hack.
- Sharlin 2y agoOn many Euro keyboards it's just ~n, as ~ is a dead (modifier) key. But on Windows I do miss the way on macOS and iOS you get access to variants of a basic letter by pressing and holding the respective key.
- robertoandred 2y agoI prefer holding n and then pressing 1.
- hnbad 2y agoI use WinCompose, which is a Windows implementation of an XCompose style compose key. It comes with a number of composition sequences but you can also add your own. I have mapped it to the "menu" key which I never use so "ñ" is <Menu>,<~>,<n> or <Menu>,<n>,<~> (both work by default). For acute/grave accents I have a dead acute/grave key on my keyboard and because it's a German layout I already have the umlauts as separate keys. For "ë" and such I can compose the letter with <"> to get the diacritic version.