LÖVE

[Lafolie]

It must take you ages to write things if you copy and paste characters instead of typing them out.

On OS X and some Linux environments I've used, you can type 'special' characters (ie those not represented on the physical keys) by using modifier keys. On OS X for example, Option-Shift-k (or Option-K) is the old bitten apple , and Option-u generates an umlaut ö. On Windows the only method I know of is Alt and a swift combination of numpad integers which generates a character according to some index number (could be Unicode, I'm not sure). I use a British keyboard layout, input may differ depending on your keyboard.

Hrm, I know of a song called "Love is Not Enough".

[vitaminx]

I always wondered how to do that on Linux and I've digged into it, here's are two ways:

compose key
If you haven't got a compose modifier defined yet you can assign it e.g. to the right window key with:

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setxkbmap -option compose:rwin

hexadecimal code
On Linux you enter hex values for characters with CTRL+SHIFT+u followed by the hex code (no need to keep these keys pressed, when you're finished simply hit enter).

Here's the table for german umlauts:

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char   hex   compose
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ä      e4    "a
Ä      c4    "A
ö      f6    "o
Ö      d6    "O
ü      fc    "u
Ü      dc    "U
ß      df    ss

[Robin]

I just use dead keys. Makes " and the like a bit harder to type, unfortunately.

[vitaminx]

there's a keyboard layout which puts the dead key to AltGr modifier, it's called:

layout: English (US)
variant: English (international AltGr dead key)

this should solve your inconvenience.

damn... so many ways to enter special chars on Linux

[vitaminx]

I just found out that once the keymap with AltGr as dead key modifier is activated, you have some additional very simple keystrokes to type all this:

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ä      AltGr+q
Ä      AltGr+Q
ö      AltGr+p
Ö      AltGr+P
ü      AltGr+y
Ü      AltGr+Y
ß      AltGr+s

Wow, even after more than a decade using Linux there are still surprises...

(I need to stop posting in this thread, now it looks like a Linux support forum )

[SimonLarsen]

I remember there being a story about this, but roughly, it's called love, because love is all you need (insert more puns here) and there's an umlaut because umlauts are cool. I like umlauts. Umlauts are cool.

I've always assumed it was so you could say "made with LÖVE".

[ananasblau]

This is a valid question, also why did they name it with a german umlauts ! If makes it a PITA when searching on google

It's not necessarily a german Ö. The hungarian alphabet also has umlauts, two different sorts even! The ones with the dash are pronounced longer than the ones with the dots.

Ö Ő Ü Ű

[kikito]

The Ö is an orc wearing a helmet made of ... .

[substitute541]

The Ö is an orc wearing a helmet made of ... .

An orc wearing a helmet made of testicles. Seems logical for a resurrected man-zombie-elf.

[Lafolie]

I have to say that the Rock Paper Shotgun website is disgustingly advert heavy. Eurgh.