Talk:Compé

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Revision as of 19:52, 3 August 2009

Tip: Since it will probably be necessary in the near futuré, you can type the é by holding Alt, typing 130 on your numeric keypad, and releasing Alt. This beats having to hunt it down to copy/pasté. --Emtu 17:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Or try pressing Ctrl and Shift at the same time, and then pressing the / key. Result: é. To switch back to the standard keyboard mode, press Ctrl and Shift at the same time until pressing / results in /. That'sBupkis! 17:44, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Bupkis, that method's not working for me. i'm pretty sure Alt-130 is the best way. (this has to be on the keypad, it doesn't work on the numbers above the letters) The Knights Who Say Ni 17:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, my keyboard lacks a keypad, so the Crtl and Shift method was likely made as an alternative. That'sBupkis! 17:54, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Also, you can make it by entering é. It shows up in the Wikicode as that, but it looks like é on the page. Some people's editors have been known to do bad things with unusual characters and translate them into gibberish or "normal" characters, so this method should generally be safer; it used to be the standard here, but that may have changed. So be extra careful of people accidentally turning "Compé" into "Compe" or "Comp&53" or something like that; "Compé" shouldn't have that problem. --Jay (Gobble) 19:08, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

PS. While it's obviously unsuitable for the name of the page, the "é" version of é should be link-friendly, like this: Compé. --still Jay (Gobble) 19:12, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Jay, that's the one method i really don't want to see on the wiki. it takes up 8 times the amount of space the other one does. Everyone else: Let it be known that if you use that method, it will likely be changed to the real é. (i would anyway, and i have on this page already.) Another thing you can do is Alt-0233 on the keypad. not sure why there are two different keypad systems, or why one is much bigger than the other... The Knights Who Say Ni 19:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it's wiki policy and all-around good practice to use html codes for special characters. So that's the ONLY method we should see on this wiki. — Defender1031*Talk 19:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I suspected as much. As I said: some people's editors do weird things to "unusual" characters. I've seen this happen accidentally even from regular users. The html codes are 100% safe. --Jay (Gobble) 19:47, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, i saw it last night and it hurt my head. i'm not about to force everyone else to use a certain method; you may certainly use whatever method works for you. I'm sorry if the last post came across more harsh than i meant for it to, just saying that if i see it, i'll probably change it. The Knights Who Say Ni 19:52, 3 August 2009 (UTC)