Liam, buíochas.
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 19:27:42 -0400, "Liam Smith"
<mailhtims@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>angus wrote:
>> binta)...throw in the wildly different dialectic differences, I'm
>> ready to go crazy (ar buile, is this right?)
>
>As far as I know, that's correct.
>
>I thought I'd never understand the difference in counting/counting
>things/counting people and so forth.
>
>> Here's todays big question: how do I get Windows to allow me to type
>> the fada characters (did I say this right?) ? Some magic keystroke? I
>> could not figure it out.
>
>Fadas are easily printed out, but you just have to know the "code." If
you
>press the <Alt> key, then type numbers into the keypad at the right of
your
>keyboard, then release the <Alt> key, you get different characters. The
>numbers you need for Irish are:
>á = <Alt>-160;
>Á = <Alt>-0193;
>é = <Alt>-130;
>É = <Alt>-0201;
>í = <Alt>-161;
>Í = <Alt>-0205;
>ó = <Alt>-162;
>Ó = <Alt>-0211
>ú = <Alt>-163;
>Ú = <Alt>-0218.
>
>I hope that eases the frustrations a little.
>
>Liam
>
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