DIACRITICS AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS WITH CONNEXION

These are the keys to which diacritics and special characters are mapped in Connexion. A pre-customized file has been created locally to map the most frequently used diacritics to the number pad. If a key has a note: No default key sequence in Connexion or Default key sequence not working on Connexion, the key sequence given will only function if the pre-customized file has been loaded. The local number pad characters are entered at NORMAL or (generally) CTRL.* NUMLOCK must be enabled to enter diacritics mapped to the number pad. Native Connexion maps many diacritics to numbers; when a diacritic is mapped to a number, use the keyboard number key, not the number pad key.

*The number pad will enter numbers in the search window when that window is on top.

ARRANGED BY DIACRITIC
DIACRITIC/SPECIAL CHARACTER KEYS LANGUAGES
AE
Æ upper case
æ ae lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT 5
CTRL ALT 5
Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Thai
acute up arrow  (8) on number pad,or,

CTRL ALT B

Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Persian, Pinyin, Polish, Portuguese, Prakrit, Pushto, Sanskrit, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telegu, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Wendic
alif
CTRL 2 on number pad
No default key sequence in Connexion
Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Persian, Prakrit, Sinhalese, Tibetan, Turkish, Urdu
alpha, lower case N/A  
angstrom or circle above CTRL ALT j Czech, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Slovak, Swedish
NOTE: for degree sign use superscript zero NOT angstrom
ayn 3 on number pad, or, 
CTRL ALT 0 <zero>
Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Persian, Pushto, Sindhi, Thai, Urdu
beta, lower case N/A  
breve CTRL number pad  6, or, 
CTRL ALT f
Bulgarian, Esperanto, Hindi, Korean, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, White Russian
British pound CTRL ALT 9 _
candrabindu CTRL ALT  o (alphabet) Assamese, Bengali, Bulgarian, Hindi, Oriya, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Telegu, Tibetan
cedilla 6 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT p
Albanian, Catalan, French, Latvian, Portuguese, Turkish
circle above 
see angstrom
   
circle below CTRL ALT t Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Telegu, Tibetan
circumflex 4 on number pad
No default key sequence in Connexion
Afrikaans, Albanian, Dutch, Esperanto, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Portuguese, Romanian, Sinhalese, Slovene, Tagalog, Telegu, Turkish, Vietnamese
comma below see hook left    
D with  cross bar 
Ð upper case 
ð lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT 3
CTRL ALT 3
Croatian, Serbian, Vietnamese
dagger N/A  
degree Use superscript zero  (LCRI 1.0E) NOTE: Voyager assigns Shift F1 but does not appear to be activated
dot above (superior dot) CTRL 1 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT g
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Kannada, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Polish, Punjabi, Pushto, Russian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telegu, tibetan, Turkish, White Russian
dot below 1 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT r
Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Persian, Prakrit, Punjabi, Pushto, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telegu, Tibetan, Urdu, Vietnamese
dot at mid-line CTRL 9 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT SHIFT 9
Catalan
double acute CTRL 8 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT n
Hungarian
double dot below * on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT s
Hindi, Kannada, Persian, Pushto, Sindhi, Urdu
double tilde first half
 

double tilde second half

CTRL ALT z


CTRL ALT OPENBRACKETS

Tagalog
double underscore CTRL ALT u _

eth <lower-case>

 

eth <upper-case>

CTRL ALT SHIFT ; <semicolon> Default key sequence not working on Connexion

CTRL ALT SHIFT 3

Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic
foot/feet USE miagkii znak (LCRI 1.0E) _
gamma N/A  
grave 2 on number pad
No default key sequence on Connexion
Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, Pinyin, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese
hacek ALT 4 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT i
Armenian, Croatian, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Pinyin, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Thai, Wendic
high comma centered + on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT SHIFT 6
Latvian 
high comma off center CTRL + (number pad), or,
CTRL ALT SHIFT m
Czech, Macedonian, Navaho, Serbo-Croatian (Roman), Slovak, Slovene, Wendic
hook, left CTRL ALT SHIFT w Latvian, Romanian
hook, right CTRL ALT q Anglo-Saxon, Lithuanian, Polish
hooked o 
upper case 
lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT  comma
CTRL ALT comma
Vietnamese

hooked u 
upper case 

lower case


CTRL ALT plus Default key sequence not working on Connexion  

CTRL ALT minus

Vietnamese, Thai
Icelandic thorn
Þ upper case
þ lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT 4
CTRL ALT  4
Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic
inches  USE tzverdii znak (LCRI 1.0E) _
inverted ? Do not transcribe (LCRI 1.0E) _
inverted ! Do not transcribe (LCRI 1.0E) _
(slashed) l see Polish l _ _
(script) ℓ CTRL ALT Shift Period _
left hook see hook, left    
ligature 
first half 
 

second half


0 on numberpad, or
CTRL ALT k

CTRL 0 on numberpad, or,
CTRL ALT L

Russian, Ukrainian, White Russian
macron 9 on number pad, or, 
CTRL ALT e
Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Greek (Modern), Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Persian, Prakrit, Punjabi, Pushto, Russian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telegu, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu
miagkii znak
(also: foot/feet; minutes)

CTRL ALT quotes (")

Default key sequence not working on Connexion

Arabic, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Persian, Pushto, Russian, Tibetan, Ukrainian, White Russian
minutes (geo. coordinates) USE miagkii znak (LCRI 1.0E) _
musical flat CTRL ALT Shift 0 <zero>  

O (Scandinavian)
Ø upper case 


ø lower case


CTRL ALT SHIFT quotes   Default key sequence not working on Connexion

CTRL ALT 2

Danish, Norwegian
OE 
upper case 
lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT 7  
CTRL ALT 6
Anglo-Saxon, French, Icelandic, Thai
Patent symbol N/A  
Polish L 
upper case 
lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT 1  
CTRL ALT 1
Polish, Wendic
Plus minus CTRL ALT SHIFT + Default key sequence not working on Connexion  
Pseudo question mark CTRL ALT SHIFT \ Default key sequence not working on Connexion Vietnamese
right hook see hook, right    
script ℓ CTRL ALT SHIFT PERIOD  
seconds (geo. coordinates) USE tzverdii znak (LCRI 1.0E)  
superior dot 
see dot above
   
superscript & subscript numbers subscript: ALT <number on regular keyboard>
superscript: ALT SHIFT <number on keyboard>
 
superscript +
superscript -

superscript (
superscript )

ALT SHIFT = <= on keyboard>
ALT SHIFT - <minus on keyboard>
ALT SHIFT [ <bracket on keyboard>
ALT SHIFT ] <bracket on keyboard>

Default key sequence for superscript + does not work on Connexion

 


Default key sequence for superscript ) does not work on Connexion

subscript +

subscript -

subscript (
subscript )

ALT =

ALT - <hyphen on keyboard> 

ALT [
ALT ]

Default key sequence for subscript + does not work on Connexion

 


Default key sequence for subscript ) does not work on Connexion

thorn
Þ upper case 
þ lower case

CTRL ALT SHIFT  4  
CTL ALT 4
Icelandic
tilde

5 on number pad

No default key sequence on Connexion

Assamese, Bengali, Estonian, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Portuguese, Prakrutm Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tamil, Telegu, Tibetan, Vietnamese
Turkish i CTRL ALT 8 Turkish
tverdii znak
(also inches; seconds)
CTRL ALT 7 Bulgarian, Russian
umlaut 7 on number pad, or,
CTRL ALT h
Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Sindhi, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
underscore CTRL ALT t
No default key sequence in Connexion
Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Persian, Prakrit, Punjabi, Pushto, Sanskrit Sindhi, Tamil
upadhmaniya CTRL ALT y Sanskrit



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Original design created by Mickey Koth, Yale Music Library
Current revision: September 13, 2006