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Pidgin and accented charactersratcatcher - January 28, 2010 - 12:21pm
Forgive me if this is an FAQ but I've searched Pidgin's own site and can find no reference to it. How does one type accented characters in a Pidgin IM window? If I'm using most other programmes (including Thunderbird and Windows Live Messenger) I get é by using CTRL+ALT+e, í with CTRL+ALT+i and so on (as I'm doing now). I can also get the Euro symbol € by typing CTRL+ALT+4. These key combinations don't work in Pidgin. In Ireland we use € and in Irish one uses áéíóú (accent is called a fada but is the same as the French acute). Regards Nick ( categories: )
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I think...
I have also wondered the same thing for a long time but gave up on it because I don't really have to use accents for the two languages I'm fluent on. At least not when instant messaging.
Anyways, I think the fact you can't type accents in Pidgin has to deal with Pidgin still using an outdated version of GTK+. It was published that they are planning to bring GTK+ up to date during the next major release of Pidgin. Hopefully this will fix that issue.
in_vino_veritas,_in_aqua_sanitas.
Solved
I found that I can get the accented characters (and Euro symbol) I need in Pidgin using AltGr + letter
So:
AltGr + e = é
AltGr + 4 = €
and so on.
Regards
Nick