Help talk:Macrons

excessive use of HTML
In my opinion there is too much HTML used to make the outlines for the explanations of how to type macrons. Is there a way we could preserve the outline format without using so much or any HTML? It would make editing for people not familiar with HTML more pleasant. Thanks. Jecowa 00:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * If you don't care so much about the ABC, I, II, III type of outlines, you can do something simple like this:


 * 1) head1
 * 2) Sub1
 * 3) Sub2
 * 4) SubSub1
 * 5) Sub3
 * 6) head2
 * 7) Sub4

But, with very many nested levels, it doesn't win any awards for looks. Neier 01:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Alt-Latin has a bug
Press "Alt Gr (Right Alt) + e," then press "O." It must give Ó (00D3), but it gives Ã (00C3). --

Using standard U.S. International keyboard
I'm using the standard US International keyboard with dead keys, on which AltGr-Shift-3 or AltGr-# is a dead key for the macron; i.e. right Alt key + shift + 3/#, release, then type the vowel you want a macron over. --Jim Henry (talk) 22:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Doesn't work for me (Windows XP SP3) --Zom-B (talk) 06:23, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I found the same keystrokes on another page and the screenshots look like Gnome (Linux) (and the keyboard there is indeed called "US International keyboard with Dead Keys" instead of just "US International") --Zom-B (talk) 07:26, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

This is awesome
I love the keyboard layout. I noticed a that one bug with the 'Ã', but that was not really all that bad, seeing as I almost never use acute accents anyway. Thanks to whoever designed it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.115.12.153 (talk) 17:48, 22 March 2008 (UTC) Ditto--It is awesome! I am a Latin teacher and have never been able to type macrons over vowels on my Mac, let alone tell my students how to do it. Maximās grātiās tibi agō. Ferrarama (talk) 06:31, 26 December 2009 (UTC)Rhetor Marcus, Washington, DC.

and for vista?
i cant install it in win Vista! it appears me a crashing window saying that installation hasn finished....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahambhavami (talk • contribs) 08:18, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * You don't need it. In the start menu search for "Character Map" or look for C:\Windows\System32\charmap.exe . The Unicode character set should be used. Alternatively you can use the ampersand entity &amp;#772;. Here is an example. (A&amp;#772;lle&amp;#772;n &#x2192; A&#772;lle&#772;n) Happy editing. – allen四names 03:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I’m having the same problem. The character map lets one copy for pasting letters with macrons, but if I want to do that I type “macron” in the search field of my browser and the Wikipedia article appears and I copy them from it. That’s much faster and simpler than searching the hard drive, then keeping a little window open for it. So does Mr. Allen mean that no one needs a keyboard layout with macrons? What about Latin students? I am studying and teaching Latin and need to actually TYPE letters with macrons continually, not occasionally copy and paste them. I don’t normally use HTML, so I don’t need to encode them in it, just to type them in the browser, word processor, and my language-quiz program. I don’t mind so much using ALT-key codes, since I already use them for several other things. So, how can I TYPE letters with macrons if this program won’t install? Greta Hoostal (talk) 22:36, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

JPMacron
I happened to find JPMacron, which is "An Easy Way to Type Macrons for Windows". Is this worth adding in this page? (I tried it on Windows 7 and Windows XP, and it works well on both of them.) --Unnecessary stuff (talk) 19:47, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm adding it since there had been no other opinions. --Unnecessary stuff (talk) 00:33, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Linux
And on Linux with an Alt+GR I can týpë lïkẽ thìs but I can't get a macron. And no instructions? Das ist Scheiße. --John Moser (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Some potentially useful links for anyone having trouble: Easy Macron Input in Ubuntu and Writing Macrons in Linux for Latin pronunciation. --V2Blast (talk) 06:20, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * On Linux (EL7, Gnome 3) try Alt-GR + Shift + ]. Works for mē! 94.3.10.246 (talk) 23:20, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

kindle (Amazon)
Am I crazy or is there no way to type a macron on a fire tablet, kindle or other Amazon products? I've been copy pasting or using â which is inconvenient when writing about Sanskrit. Is this maybe an android thing? I don't have that problem with my iPhone. Iṣṭa Devatā (talk) 16:57, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

false
No such keyboard as "US Extended"Masterball2 (talk) 22:49, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I have updated the section to use the new name ABC Extended more prominently. It should be clearer now. — EpsilonNought (talk) 21:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)