• thehatfox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Depends on your computing platform.

    I see another reply has already covered Linux.

    On a Mac, press and hold a character key and a list of accent characters will appear. There are also dead key combinations using the option key to enter special characters directly.

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      4 months ago

      If you’re like me and wondered what a dead key is…

      A dead key is a special kind of modifier key on a mechanical typewriter, or computer keyboard, that is typically used to attach a specific diacritic to a base letter.[1] The dead key does not generate a (complete) character by itself, but modifies the character generated by the key struck immediately after.

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