Re: IIGS and Fonts

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <ewall-0401961948210001@ppp028-waus.wis.com>,
Ed Wall <ewall@wis.com> wrote:
>
> I have a lab with several IIGS (most of which are ROM 1) and have the kids 
> do a little HYperStudio. In this case it was several kids from French class. 
> To help them out I experimented with the Shaston font and determined which
> Option + keys gave them needed accent marks (for example, Option+e e gives
> e with an accent). Okay, time for class and out of five students two machines
> would not do the accents (for example, Option+e e gave ee).

Easy answer to this one, though it is rather obscure:

Go to the graphical Control Panels (under the Apple menu), and open
"General".  At the bottom of the window is an option called
"Translation".  It determines how the keyboard is handled by the IIgs
Event Manager.

If it is set to "None", then the option key is just treated as a
modifier, like Apple/Command.  If it is set to "Standard", then
Option-key combinations generate special characters, and Option
is difficult to use by itself as a modifier key (except with a
mouse click, for example).
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
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