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Trueblue Texan

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3. On a Mac...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 08:34 AM

Thursday

...you hold the option key and then type the accented letter, then type the accented letter again. Took me years to learn this. May work similarly on a Windows machine.

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Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

If you want the accented characters in the thread title muriel_volestrangler Thursday #1

Thanks and fixed but BumRushDaShow Thursday #2

On a Mac... Trueblue Texan Thursday #3

It's not a question of what gets the character to appear on your computer, it's how the DU software handles it muriel_volestrangler Thursday #4

I never heard of him but I'm glad he won nuxvomica Thursday #5

long sentences? am i going to run out of breath ? Tetrachloride Thursday #6

Individual letters and characters, too. Torchlight Thursday #9

Trumps allies should have submitted all his truth social posts to be considered Karadeniz Thursday #7

It's bullshit. Trump should get the literature prize for the fiction he promulgates on a daily basis. 3Hotdogs Thursday #8

For the weave! iemanja Thursday #10

That illiterate moron writes with a magic marker JoseBalow Thursday #11