I've accidentally activated IPA entry while playing a game, making me think my keyboard had gone berserk making every punctuation character I typed come out as ?.dinnae wrote:Sometimes that does lead to me trying to log onto some website with IPA characters...
Doctrellor: Also remember to set the font to one that can handle IPA well, like Charis SIL or Doulos SIL.eodrakken wrote:It can, though of course you have to bring your own entry method, like a keyboard layout. Then when you save the file, change the encoding to UTF-8 in the dropdown box.doctrellor wrote:And notepad doesn't do IPA ...
I believe UTF-8 is preferable for compatibility reasons, but I'm unclear on the details. Both encodings work for saving and opening IPA text files in Notepad, at least on my computer.Neqitan wrote:Eodrakken: Do you know if there's any difference between selecting "UTF-8" and "Unicode"?
Also, Notepad doesn't handle diacritics right. (Try it, you'll see.)Renaçido wrote:Doctrellor: Also remember to set the font to one that can handle IPA well, like Charis SIL or Doulos SIL.eodrakken wrote:It can, though of course you have to bring your own entry method, like a keyboard layout. Then when you save the file, change the encoding to UTF-8 in the dropdown box.doctrellor wrote:And notepad doesn't do IPA ...
Eodrakken: Do you know if there's any difference between selecting "UTF-8" and "Unicode"?
What type of diacritics are you trying to make it handle? Are you trying to do combining diacritics and stuff? It can display all the single ones I've ever thrown at it, though of course they make the letters look teeny and odd. But, I mean, it's Notepad. Nobody claimed it was pretty, just that you can make it work if it's all you have available.Bedelato wrote:Also, Notepad doesn't handle diacritics right. (Try it, you'll see.)
Yeah. When I type a combining diacritic in Notepad on XP, it doesn't show up until I hit backspace. But it looks like they fixed it in Vista.eodrakken wrote:What type of diacritics are you trying to make it handle? Are you trying to do combining diacritics and stuff? It can display all the single ones I've ever thrown at it, though of course they make the letters look teeny and odd. But, I mean, it's Notepad. Nobody claimed it was pretty, just that you can make it work if it's all you have available.Bedelato wrote:Also, Notepad doesn't handle diacritics right. (Try it, you'll see.)
I learned this fact later on, when experimenting with the wobatadaleyidun thing, yes.Bedelato wrote:Also, Notepad doesn't handle diacritics right. (Try it, you'll see.)Renaçido wrote:Doctrellor: Also remember to set the font to one that can handle IPA well, like Charis SIL or Doulos SIL.
Eodrakken: Do you know if there's any difference between selecting "UTF-8" and "Unicode"?
I'd suggest you to simply bookmark this page, it does the same thing as Unilang's converter, with less hassle.Ulrike Meinhof wrote:Unilang has an inline X-SAMPA to IPA converter on the reply page. You just type X-SAMPA like you normally would, highlight it, press a button, and voilà, IPA. It uses the same software as this board, so it should be possible to implement here too.
I use it all the time. Except on Unilang, because having an inline converter is so much easier.Renaçido wrote:I'd suggest you to simply bookmark this page, it does the same thing as Unilang's converter, with less hassle.
http://www.conlanger.com/xipa.html
I have one, vaguely. It lacks a lot of the important symbols but microsoft keyboard developer won't let me modify it for some reason.Torco wrote:because it can be input easily. IPA is a pain in the ass... what I tend to do is to input stuff in xsampa and then, if I feel like it, I use the ipa-xsampa translator.
Someone should come up with a keyboard layout that allows for easy IPA input and upload it
Hmm, maybe there's something you're not doing right. If it's like a normal layout, install the keyboard, open MKLC, and then load the keyboard. You should be able to save your editions as a different brand-new keyboard.YngNghymru wrote:I have one, vaguely. It lacks a lot of the important symbols but microsoft keyboard developer won't let me modify it for some reason.Torco wrote:because it can be input easily. IPA is a pain in the ass... what I tend to do is to input stuff in xsampa and then, if I feel like it, I use the ipa-xsampa translator.
Someone should come up with a keyboard layout that allows for easy IPA input and upload it
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