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Q: How do I create custom accents?

I saw online that I could go into /System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources/ and edit the file Keyboard-en.plist and add:

 

<key>Roman-Accent-t</key>
<dict>
  <key>Direction</key>
  <string>right</string>
  <key>Keycaps</key>
  <string>× ÷ √ π ∴ ∵ ≈ ≠ ∞</string>
  <key>Strings</key>
  <string>× ÷ √ π ∴ ∵ ≈ ≠ ∞</string>
</dict>

 

...or whatever characters I prefer.

 

First, I'm not sure where this goes in the code (e.g. top, bottom, etc). Second, each time I try to edit, it tells me I must make a duplicate to do so. Upon editing a duplicate, I was left with a .txt file instead of a .plist file, and therefore I was not able to replace the previous "Keyboard-en.plist".

 

Any help concerning how this would be done is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jul 15, 2015 3:58 PM

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