[Newbies] Entering the caret (^) in Squeak on Linux

[Marc Hanisch]

Ha, I figured it out: with 'deadkeys' keyboard settings I have to
enter the caret twice (^^) to get the correct "Circumflex Accent"!

Best regards,
Marc
Am Fr., 5. Okt. 2018 um 08:25 Uhr schrieb Marc Hanisch
<marc.hanisch at googlemail.com>:
>
> Hello Tobias, hello Hannes,
>
> Strange, my inspector window does not show the code in its title, but
> printing the codepoint of the questionmark shows me the value '770',
> which is the "COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT"
> (http://www.codetable.net/decimal/770) whereas the correct caret has
> the value '94', which is "CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT"
> (http://www.codetable.net/decimal/94) - which somehow makes sense ;-)
> So it seems to be an issue with the input system, not with Squeak.
> Although I'm really wondering how I can acces the "CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT"
> with the 'deadkeys' keyboard layout...
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Marc
>
>
> Am Fr., 5. Okt. 2018 um 02:14 Uhr schrieb H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hello Marc
> >
> > You write:
> >
> >      I entered "^ ", Workspace displayed: " ?",
> >      I entered "^g", Workspace displayed: "g?"
> >
> >
> > In case you have problems getting what Tobias suggests to work it
> > might be easier to evaluate (i.e. select and choose 'do it')
> >
> >      ' ?' inspect
> >      'g?' inspect
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Hannes
> >
> > On 10/4/18, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >> On 04.10.2018, at 15:05, Marc Hanisch <marc.hanisch at googlemail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Thans Tobias,
> > >>
> > >> I did now the following in the Workspace:
> > >>
> > >> I entered "^ ", Workspace displayed: " ?",
> > >> I entered "^g", Workspace displayed: "g?"
> > >>
> > >> Putting the $ before the ? and inspecting the character just displays
> > >> the same character again, for example self has the value "$?" in the
> > >> inspector... no unicode point, just the questionmark... ;-)
> > >>
> > >
> > > Ok, it should actually look somewhat like this when you hit 'ctrl-i':
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In any case, '$i codePoint' (with i being your strange character) should
> > > work...
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >       -Tobias
> > >
> > >
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> Marc
> > >> Am Do., 4. Okt. 2018 um 14:38 Uhr schrieb Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de>:
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 04.10.2018, at 11:03, Marc Hanisch <marc.hanisch at googlemail.com>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hi Christian,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I've configured my keyboard with 'deadkeys' (I need the caret for
> > >>>> Esperanto characters like ĝĥ), so I already tried "^ + Space", but it
> > >>>> justs displays a questionmark.
> > >>>> When I switch to 'nodeadkeys' I can enter the caret. So this is solved
> > >>>> for now ;-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> But I'm still wondering, why I can't type UTF8-characters? I thought
> > >>>> Squeak is UTF-8 aware?
> > >>>
> > >>> Well, the question mark is just Squeaks way of saying "i know the
> > >>> Character but I don't have it in the font"
> > >>>
> > >>> you can do the following:
> > >>>
> > >>> put a $ before the character, select the whole thin and hit ctrl-i. Then
> > >>> you see what character it is, typically by unicode point.
> > >>>
> > >>> Best regards
> > >>>        -Tobias
> > >>>
> > >>> PS: I'd be very interested what ^+space produces for character :)
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks and best regards,
> > >>>> Marc
> > >>>> Am Do., 4. Okt. 2018 um 10:38 Uhr schrieb Christian Kellermann
> > >>>> <ckeen at pestilenz.org>:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> * Marc Hanisch <marc.hanisch at googlemail.com> [181004 10:25]:
> > >>>>>> Hello,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> any ideas? I've tested the stable Squeak release on Ubuntu 18.04 and
> > >>>>>> Fedora 28 and I can't enter the caret on both systems...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On some system (depending on your layout config) the caret is a
> > >>>>> dead  key, that is, it will not get displayed when pressed once,
> > >>>>> but hold as a modifier for entering keys like ấ (which can be
> > >>>>> produced with ^ + a). Try typing ^ + space and see whether the caret
> > >>>>> appears. If that get's too annoying try configuring a 'nodeadkeys'
> > >>>>> variant in your keyboard layout preferences on your linux system.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> HTH
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Christian
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>> May you be peaceful, may you live in safety, may you be free from
> > >>>>> suffering, and may you live with ease.
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