This has always bothered me.

[The Last Chimney]

If you use Windows:

1. Make sure Num Lock is on.
2. Hold down Alt.
3. Using your keypad, press and release "1", then "3", then "0".
   

If you use a Mac:

1. Hold down Option.
2. Press "e".
3. Release both keys.
4. Press and release "e".
   

Enjoy!

 

[mdunn]

eh?

 

[Bertilak]

Hmm. Not 100% sure what you are getting at, but ASCII code 130 is for the acute-e letter: é

In windows alt-130 does the trick and I assume what you show for Mac is the equivalent in that environment.

If those keystrokes do something else outside of a text-entry situation, I don't know what it might be.

 

[LagerLover]

éh?

 

[The Last Chimney]

Oh, gosh. The Cafe'.

 

[_JP_]

Héé héé héé!

 

[JPDyson]

He wants you to accent the "e" in Café.

 

[SiBurning]

There's no numnum lock on my laptop.

 

[Bertilak]

There's no numnum lock on my laptop.

No need. You can use the numbers along the top row.

 

[SiBurning]

No need. You can use the numbers along the top row.

Nope. Da numnum don't work dat way.

That's actually an extended keyboard generating the extended set of codes. You need an extended keyboard and software that can process those code. This keyboard actually has a built-in keypad that's accessible through a function mode. (Have to type" Function-F11 Alt-j Alt-l Alt-m Function-F11") Still, not every keyboard can do this.

Besides, it's The Cafe`, not The Café.

 

[Proinsias]

Chéérs.

Always wondéréd about that but névér bothéréd mé énough to googlé it.

 

[Bertilak]

Nope. Da numnum don't work dat way.

Works on my Toshiba laptop running Windows 7 and on my Dell desktop running Ubuntu. I tried it out before posting.

It has nothing to do with Numlock as that is for the number pad, not the numbers across the top of the keyboard. That's the point I was trying to make. You (or at least I, and perhaps the OP and specifically a mod who might be inclined to "fix" this) don't need Numlock to enter alt-130.

 

[SiBurning]

Just be thankful the mods are lazy. It was supposed to be called The Cafe''''''.

 

[Gerald_G]

I type in español quite a bit, so I have a second keyboard language layout installed which gives me access to that character by typing ' and then e.

See? é é é é é

I toggle English to español and back with <ALT><SHIFT>