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Re:The plague of emoji insertion in French docs by Cockbrand on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:38PM (#33597765)
⌥u creates the two dots, then you press the key for the vowel to put underneath.

⌥s creates the ß.

(Both obviously only applicable for Macs)

Re:The plague of emoji insertion in French docs by mrzool on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:42PM (#33597835)
That would be… inconvenient. That’s not how I use it. I type "a to get ä and 'a to get à. If I want to type actual quotes followed by a vocal I need to “confirm” the quotes with space before typing the vocal.
Re:The plague of emoji insertion in French docs by cwillu on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:40PM (#33597801)
Applicable to linux if you set the mac qwerty keyboard layout, which is surprisingly convenient.