lower case umlaut sequence impossible to type (ä, ö, ü)

[nadworks]

I'm not clear where the two superscript dots should come from in the ä, ö, ü sequences. I don't have those on my keyboard, so how would I be able to type these keys in a sequence? I tried to set a new user defined sequence for those characters. No luck? Can anyone elaborate, please?

[samhocevar]

It's the " (double quote) character, which should be present on most keyboard layouts. Don't you have it? What language/layout do you use?

[MartinBonner]

Given the collection of letters you have highlighted, I suspect you are writing German. I have added custom rules so that "compose" "a" "e" generates ä (and similarly for ö and ü). I then add a hack so that "compose" "e" "a" generates æ (and similarly for "œ") on the remote chance that I might want to use it.

If you don't have double quote, you can get hold of the requisite characters to paste into the custom rules using charmap.

[samhocevar]

@nadworks any update on this? I’d be happy to help but I need to know what keyboard layout you are using.

[JapanYoshi]

I'm not clear where the two superscript dots should come from in the ä, ö, ü sequences. I don't have those on my keyboard, so how would I be able to type these keys in a sequence? I tried to set a new user defined sequence for those characters. No luck? Can anyone elaborate, please?

What keyboard layout are you using that doesn't have a " (double quote) key? On US keyboards, it's Shift+' (the key next to ;); on a Japanese keyboard, it's Shift+2.

[sethwheway]

i'm able to reproduce this issue on windows 11 and with the british keyboard layout. strangely, compose + shift + " + e works (Ë), but compose + " + e does not (it types 2e).

[MartinBonner]

@sethway I presume you mean compose, shift+2, shift+e works, but compose, shift+2, e doesn't. (Using comma for successive characters, and plus for key chords.) This is curious. Does compose, e, shift+2 work? (I mean, both should, but it would be another data point). What's your compose key? If you search key sequences for diaresis, what does it show for ë?

-- Martin

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i'm able to reproduce this issue on windows 11 and with the british keyboard layout. strangely, compose + shift + " + e works (Ë), but compose

• shift + " + e does not (it types 2e).

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