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I've been trying to find out if there's a 3rd-party util to do the following, but having no luck. Time to ask.
I know you can press and hold a key to get upper-case. On my previous platform (PalmOS) I had a util that would let me double-press a key to get the alt value for that key. This can be a lot quicker once you get used to it.
So, is there such a utility or option available for the BB platform? I'm expecting to end up with a 9700.
Thank you.
Refer to the typing shortcuts found here.
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Maybe I'm blind. I found that list of tips and hints earlier. It doesn't appear to contain what I'm looking for.
To type the alternate character on a key, press the Alt key and the character key.
What I'm looking for is "to type the alternate character on a key, press the key twice quickly". I'm not looking to move my left typing finger down to the Alt button and use it as a meta key. I'm looking to avoid the meta key entirely just as you can the Shift key by doing a press & hold. I want to press S twice quickly to get a 4, and Q twice quickly to get a #, for instance.
Thanks for trying though. And if I am blind and what I'm looking for is in that tip, please just call me names.
The best you might be able to do is use AUTOTEXT to convert to the Alt-character.
For instance, I have autotext to change "n-SPACE" to the comma (in autotext is really is just the N that is converted. But if I type n and then the space character, it backspaces and replaces the N with a COMMA. I have V alone do the Question Mark. By they way, these work in certain locations/apps but not all. It would be more complex to convert to numbers since you might want a single digit and the same with the A letter. "I" automatically becomes the uppercase.