OS X El Capitan: ABC Extended Keyboard Capabilities

Last modified: Jul 27, 2016 8:00 AM
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Apple’s ABC Extended input source (formerly called : "US Extended") lets you type a vast number of accented and special latin characters. A common standard reference for its codes is at


http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codemacext.html


Unfortunately that reference is missing the following deadkey shortcuts which have been added at some point in recent years:


+Option-Shift period: Characters with hooks: Ɓ ɓ Ɗ ɗ Ɲ ɲ ñ Ƴƴ


+Option-Shift semicolon: A variety of phonetic symbols like ə ŋ ɣ ȝ


+Option-Shift g: Characters with circumflex below.


+Option-Shift f: Characters with tilde below.

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