Nuvi (dots over the u)

Don't yoü know?

I hold down the left ALT key and type "252" on the Nümeric keypad.

No, I didn't know that, thanks...now let's see if I can follow instructions...lol.

Nⁿvi

Well that didn't work, let's try again...
Nⁿvi...

Nope still can't do it...lol.

nuvi ( before alt-252 sequence )
nⁿuvi ( after )
nⁿvi ( after 2nd try )
nⁿvi ( using right-alt key )
nⁿvi ( with num-lock off )

hmmm, I don't see the magic.

Good, at least I don't look like a COMPLETE idiot!

as far as I'm concerned. :+)
dd

oops - my fault...

I just looked at the keyboard, to see what I was typing! - it's actüally ALT - "0252"

Typing nüvi will get you nüvi

RT

Well, it works for me. nüvi. How does that work?

nüvi

Horray for our side!

AF, it's your turn.

dd

Ok, here we go...

Hornby's way - nüvi

RT's way - nüvi

Guess both work great! Thanks

Also:
nüvi will get you nüvi
and
nüvi will get you nüvi

Incidentally, on the American 'full' keyboard, the
Alt-0252 needs to be entered via the numerical keypad, not the numerical keys across the top of the keyboard.

RT

so how do you type in what to do without it actually doing it?

The simple answer is use ASCII code for the active ASCII characters, i.e. & and #. It's complicated enough to enter the ascii code to display the character; now to answer your question I need to enter the ascii code to display the ascii code required to display the character (got it??).

You're right, if you enter ü you will get ü
SO
you have to enter the ascii code for the two active characters (& and #) like so: ü

To break that down:
& gives the &
# gives the #
252; is the ascii number for the special character ü.

If you need more explanation, send me an email and I'll try to help you.

RT

I may be of a german family but my key board is in english not german. No umlats

Ah, got it! Very nice explanation, thanks!

Do we need an interpreter or translator here? For those of us that don't understand Greek.

In short, to get the dots over the "u" in nüvi, you have enter the ascii equivilent of the "ü". To display the the characters that does that, you have to put in the ascii equiv. of those characters. For instance,

If A+B=C
Then aa+bb=C

In other words, you would have to type in A+B to make a C and to make the A, you would have to type in aa. Does that make any sense, or did I just confuse you more.

On a Mac just type Option and u at the same time, then press u again.

It's easy when yoü know how. : )

Every time you type a letter, that letter has an ascii code. You can type in the letter or the ascii code for that letter and the letter will display.
(EXAMPLE: You can type the letter A or you can type in its ascii code of A to get the letter A)

EXCEPT: This does not hold true when the & and # characters are used together to designate the A's ascii code because the letter A will be displayed, not the code you want displayed. So you have to type in:
ascii code for & followed by the ascii code for # followed by 65;

The reason you have to enter ascii code for some characters is because there aren't any keys on the keyboard for certain characters, like ü.

See http://www.asciitable.com/ for ascii codes.

RT

Or you can just cheat and copy and paste it from someone elses post
nüvi

That's right; but what are going to do if you want the letter è in another document other than this forum?

RT

Holy jumpin' Jesus. With everything else to talk about (problems/fixes/POIs/etc) with GPS, there's a thread about the...

" ü " in the word "Nüvi"??? WTF does Nüvi mean anyway? Never saw a good explanation for that one...and I've looked.

-EOM-

It's more about how to enter special characters when needed. Someone asked a question, I attempted to answer it. Isn't that one object of a forum? Since when does the requirement for thread need to be "everyone is interested in it"?

RT

It's what makes this place so darn charming.

It means the same thing as a Seinfeld episode. Nothing. Just something unique they could trademark.

Like the word Kodak, something for the trademark folks.

Asianfire:
Cracks me up. You got too much time on your hand.

Got it!

Just copy and paste someone else's, like this...

Nüvi

edit: oops, I see I'm not the first to come up with this

And now the test for today ... produce an o with double-dots above it. Are you going to look until you find an example on the internet ... hoping it's in the right font (cheat), buy a foreign keyboard, or use the HTML ascii code?

RT

Öh nö, höw cöuld yöu??

Hi brentrn,

It's fun, not having to jump through hoops, creating an umlaut on a Mac.

You probably already know this, but you can also add diacritical marks to the vowels (a, e, i, o, and u), using the same method. Just type Option and E, then type the vowel you need (á, é, í, ó, ú).

Aaaaah, life is good!!!

Regards,

tailspin

Nüvi 670

ök I got the ö. looked it up on an ascii chart.

it makes me wonder how we as a community would do on the game show "are you smarter then a 5th grader";)

Miss Poi

I already know the answer for myself...not too well.

Great job!

Now for what I've been working up to, something that will benefit everyone on this site. We can do away with looong links to websites and use short ones.

Test #2:
Using html code (along with some ascii code):
1. Create an abbreviated 'clickable' link to garmin.com that only displays Garmin
2. Post the steps required to accomplish this.
AND
3. Using the info in this thread, post what was entered to display this link. Then everyone can post abbreviated clickable-links in the future (copy and paste, you know).

RT

PS. I'll post the answer tomorrow if (slim chance) no one comes up with it.

I'd like to take a stab at this but I'm working on something else at the moment.
dd

I tried that using standard html, and I cant get it to work. It just displays garmin but isn't a clickable link.

I'll give it a shot, I know I can do it in regular HTML:

Garmin

This is what I put in, if it doesn't show up...

--Garmin--

Now let's see....

Is that what you meant?

It should be "smarter THAN a 5th grader".

With you as a "leader", we would suck...

Good catch buffettck, I was not the most attentive student when it came to proper grammar;)

I would be lost without spell check;)

Miss Poi

I can't say if I'm smarter than a 5th grader. All I can tell you is..."I was the 3rd grade spelling champ, 4 years in a row"

Regards,

tailspin

Remmeber in "Mars Attacks" when they finally figüred out how to get rid of the aliens?

My head jüst exploded.

They played Indian Love Call REAL loüd.

dd

Grammür and speeelyng are too difrn't thingz.

I know that, I just happen to have issues with both;)

Miss Poi

Eye no...

Ur kewl.

You got the answer to question #1. Now there's 2 and 3.
2. Give steps to "get 'er done".
3. The hard part, using the info on this thread, post what has to be entered to accomplish this link(so other members can 'copy and paste'). You can't just post the info that got the link because it will again create the link .. as happened above.

RT

From My Mac I hold the alt key and type u then u again without the alt key.

ü voila