Or you could memorise the ascii codes and type e.g. alt+[keypad] 0248 => ø. Edit... | Hacker News

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		sundvor on May 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY... Or you could memorise the ascii codes and type e.g. alt+[keypad] 0248 => ø. Edit: Is that what GP Bjelkeman meant by "option key combos"?

jnskw on May 16, 2019 [–]

On macos you can press <Option-u> followed by a vowel and you will get the corresponding Umlaut. (üäö) Additionally there are other combinations for accents and stuff like that.

sundvor on May 17, 2019 | [–]

Thanks, that's good to know!

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