Symbol of punctuation when typing in Greek

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Symbol of punctuation when typing in Greek

Hello everyone,

This is my first day on MacOS (after all my life on Windows), so please show the needed understanding...

Let me start by saying I am Greek. How can someone remove the symbol of punctuation when typing? What happens is that when you press the punctuation key, the symbol appears before you type the letter you want to punctuate.

I am on Big Sur 11.1 on Macbook Pro M1.

In Greek, when you're typing really fast, that symbol is really distracting!

Thank you in advance,

Konstantinos

Posted on Jan 21, 2021 2:38 AM

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Answer 1

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 24, 2021 7:20 AM in response to konstantinos12

konstantinos12 wrote:

I'd be interested in 3rd party options.

Apple's Greek keyboard also has the ability to type άέίήόύώ directly via option shift if that is of interest. Use Keyboard Viewer to see which key does what.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-the-keyboard-viewer-on-mac-mchlp1015/11.0/mac/11.0

It is pretty easy to make a custom keyboard with this app

https://software.sil.org/ukelele/

The dead key problem can be avoided if you make a layout using combining diacritics that you type after the base letter.

One place to check for 3rd party keyboards is the Keyman app.

https://keyman.com/mac/

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 24, 2021 4:59 AM in response to konstantinos12

konstantinos12 wrote:

I just don't want the symbol to show up, I don't need it, it's distracting! You got any ideas or this is Mac-specific and there is no hope?

Οn a Mac, accent marks made with dead keys like that before the base letter always appear. Same for French, Spanish, etc.

You can also make accents by holding down the key for the base letter and choosing from a popup menu, but that is slow.

Whether there are 3rd party keyboards or apps where dead keys do not appear I don't know.

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Answer 3

jdo_apple

Community Specialist

Jan 23, 2021 3:56 PM in response to konstantinos12

Hello konstantinos12,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having an issue with the keyboard input on your Mac. We're happy to help.

Have you added a second input source to your keyboard settings at all? You can view your current settings by navigating to the Apple menu > System Preferences > Keyboard. The guide here can also help you check: Change Keyboard Input Sources preferences on Mac

We also recommend you check to see is you're using dead keys or the feature changes when pressing and holding the key to display the accent menu. Enter characters with accent marks on Mac

We hope the information helps.

Cheers!

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Answer 4

Jan 25, 2021 8:17 AM in response to konstantinos12

Thank you all for your answers!

Keyman did offer a solution I think when I installed a custom Greek keyboard.

Still experimenting but a solution from custom software seems the way to go.

Thanks again for all your suggestions. God bless the community!

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Allan Jones

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Jan 24, 2021 6:51 AM in response to konstantinos12

Dear konstantinos.

A user should be able to customize his experience to his liking.

As Apple will not see your concern here. it is important to use the feedback option to get this type of issue before Apple development employees:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

That has proven to be effective.

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Answer 6

Jan 23, 2021 11:50 PM in response to jdo_apple

Thank you for your time jdo_apple!

I'm only using ABC (US English) and Greek as input methods.

Nothing weird or strange here! In every computer I've ever used (non Mac), I have to first enter the punctuation and then type the letter that'll receive it. But in every other keyboard you don't get the punctuation symbol to show up when you're typing, it automatically registers on the letter it was intended for.

When I'm using the Keyboard viewer, I'm getting this:

Here's a short video of it:

I just don't want the symbol to show up, I don't need it, it's distracting!

You got any ideas or this is Mac-specific and there is no hope?

Thanks again for your time,

Konstantinos

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Answer 7

Jan 24, 2021 6:40 AM in response to konstantinos12

Thank you all for your answers. It's too bad that for such simple issues, we are left with no options. A user should be able to customize his experience to his liking.

I'd be interested in 3rd party options.

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Symbol of punctuation when typing in Greek

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