Re: Adding a quote to lyrics

[David Kastrup]

Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:

> Le 12/09/2021 à 02:32, Kira Garvie a écrit :
>> Following up on this question from thursday, how do I insert the
>> curly quotes? I copied them from your email but would like to know
>> how to do them myself!
>
> The one thing that changed my computer life as a
> French speaker trying to type ÉÀŒÇ is a Compose key.
> The concept is simple: press Compose, then some
> sequence of characters that is recognized as an input
> method for a special character. This is much easier
> to remember than Unicode code points. Examples:
>
> Compose < "    →    “
> Compose > "    →    ”
> Compose - >    →    →
> Compose = e    →    €
> Compose o c    →    ©
> Compose / =    →    ≠
> Compose / o    →    ø
> Compose ' e    →    é
> Compose o e    →    œ
> Compose o A    →    Å
> Compose ~ n    →    ñ
> Compose , C    →    Ç
> Compose - :    →    ÷
> Compose < <    →    «
> Compose > >    →    »
> Compose space space → non-breakable space
>
> How to configure it depends on your system. In my
> experience, it is an extraordinary time saver.
> Enjoy <Compose : )>

Not to mention:

Compose # # → ♯
Compose # b → ♭
Compose # f → ♮

Unfortunately I don't see combinations for double accidentals or a lot
of other musical symbols on my computer.  But those already help a lot.

-- 
David Kastrup