tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/problems-v4/246-unable-to-write-accented-charactersMultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2017-12-01T16:51:37Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-11-28T00:01:16Z2017-11-28T00:01:18ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>A close inspection shows that the problem comes from the fact that two keys are blocked.They have no effect. I attach an image of an Spanish keyboard. The concerned keys are those colored in orange: alone or modified with the shift key, they serve to write characters like <strong>áàâä</strong>. Modified with the option key, they provide the characters <strong>{</strong> and <strong>[</strong>, that now I am also unable to write.</p>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Juan José</p></div>Juan José Torrenstag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-11-29T02:42:54Z2017-11-29T02:42:54ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>Juan José,</p>
<p>Unfortunately various keyboards make different use of special keys that can lead to problems like this.</p>
<p>If you modify the <code>default.keybinding</code> file (more information is <a href="http://support.multimarkdown.com/kb/composer-v4/custom-key-bindings-and-macros">here</a>), you can change the key commands for anything that uses <code>{</code> or <code>[</code>. This should fix your problem, and also allow you to use alternative shortcuts for those commands (if desired).</p>
<p>Let me know what you think a good replacement would be, and I can share another default file with others who use Spanish keyboards.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-11-29T11:39:51Z2017-11-29T11:39:51ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>The same problem applies to Norwegian keyboard, which means that I now longer can write backticks directly (using option+´ ), or write combination characters with ´, `, ~, ¨, ^</p></div>Aslak Raanestag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-11-29T18:28:48Z2017-11-29T18:28:50ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>I have not been able to solve it. I have done many tests without success. For example, in <code>default.keybinding</code>, I have replaced<br></p>
<pre>
<code>key": "{",
"action": "decreaseLine:",
"modifiers": ["cmd", "shift"]
}</code>
</pre>
by<br>
<pre>
<code>key": "Y",
"action": "decreaseLine:",
"modifiers": ["cmd", "shift"]
}</code>
</pre>
But that does not release the <code>´</code> key (acute accent key) and so option+<code>´</code>, which yields <code>{</code>. Hence, I am still unable to write <code>{</code>, <code>[</code> and accented characters. Here are some thoughts:
<ol>
<li>
<p>The preceding message by Aslak shows that the problem is more general, not limited to Spanish keyboards.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Even if I could solve the issue by modifying <code>default.keybinding</code>, the problem would still remain for users of the free and standard versions, since it seems that changes in keybindings is a pro feature.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A user expects to be able to write any text without doing any special configuration. By default, if a user hits, for example, <code>´</code> and then <code>a</code>, it should yield <strong>á</strong> right out of the box.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Keybinding may be interesting for some users, but not too much for others, like me. I use a reduced number of shortcuts, since I find it difficult to remember them. There are too many (those in MMDC, TeXShop, OS X, etc.). I prefer meaningful expressions. This is why text expansion is much more useful for me. And even more simple for text insertion. E.g., this <a href="http://support.multimarkdown.com/kb/composer-v4/custom-key-bindings-and-macros#text-insertion">example</a> can be more easily done with text expansion:<br></p>
<pre>
<code>{
"key" : ".hc",
"expansion" : "<!--%replaced-->"
}</code>
</pre>
Here <code>.hc</code> stands for <em>HTML comment</em>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Juan José</p></div>Juan José Torrenstag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-11-30T02:15:31Z2017-11-30T02:15:31ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>I dug into it more and found the issue. It actually has nothing to do with the key-binding code, but rather a nearby change that "unprotected" a call that had previously been wrapped in a check for invalid values.</p>
<p>Fixed for next release.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>F-</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-12-01T16:43:38Z2017-12-01T16:43:40ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>I just confirm that the problem has been solved in MMDC version 4.2.2 (69).</p>
<p>Many thanks</p>
<p>Juan José</p></div>Juan José Torrenstag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/441454162017-12-01T16:51:37Z2017-12-01T16:51:37ZUnable to write accented characters<div><p>Great! Glad it's working and thanks for letting me know!</p></div>Fletcher