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From: kb@umnstat.UUCP (Christopher Bingham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apparent bug in System 4.2 deadkeys
Summary: It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Keywords: Option {e,i,u,n} dead keys
Message-ID: <371@umnstat.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 88 13:40:37 GMT
References: <370@umnstat.UUCP>
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Organization: Statistics, U. of Minn, Mpls, Mn
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Posted: Sat Feb 13 07:40:37 1988

In article <370@umnstat.UUCP>, kb@umnstat.UUCP (Christopher Bingham) writes:
> I just noticed a problem I haven't seen mentioned before with System 4.2
> With System 3.2
> and earlier, if you repeated a dead key (say option n, option n) you got the
> diacritical mark (~) by itself.  The next character typed was treated
> normally.  Thus (option n,option n,x) gave ~x.  With System 4.2 this sequence
> gives ~~x, the second "~" appearing when "x" is typed. The same thing
> happens with the other dead keys.
> 
> C. Bingham, Applied Statistics, U of Minnesota

I just realized that this is a feature, not a bug, resulting in fewer
keystrokes.  To get ~x one justs types (option n, x).

My mistake.

C. Bingham
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