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ratcatcher
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Pidgin and accented characters

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).

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Nick

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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Anyways, I think the fact you can't type accents in Pidgin has to deal with Pidgin still using an outdated version of GTK+.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.

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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

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