[TxMt] Re: discontinuous selection?

[Jacob Rus]

Juan <juanfc at ...> writes:

> 
> 
> El 11/02/2007, a las 16:09, Allan Odgaard escribió:
> 
> > This is part of the NSResponder protocol and used to set the marked  
> > text for inputting composed characters such as é, which is entered  
> > by first pressing ´ and then e, where the first glyph should be  
> > marked while entering the next -- it has nothing to do with  
> > selection (and is also not handled properly by TM).
> 
> I am used to write things like x^2 pressing x and then ^ (a dead-key  
> in spanish keyboard) and then just 2.  It has been working not only  
> in all the Cocoa appls but also in the old classic ones, why doesn't  
> work in TM?  (you need to press x ^ space and then 2)

I think you want to use the actual "^" caret key rather than the little
circumflex accent which is likely on your dead key (at least it is on opt-i on
US keymaps).  I've never seen anyone use the circumflex accent to represent
superscripts/exponents.

-Jacob

PS The gmane captcha this time is "metastasizing".  Not sure what that implies
about textmate/this list. :p