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Hello Maurice!

 >> via simple Alt-[key] presses get the desired umlaut version for the
 >> letters I needed.  That was all done in a terminal of sorts with
 >> Frontdoor editor, no problem.

 MK> That still works in linux even on the commandline.  In the case of the
 MK> 'ø' character I just inserted it in vim using that exact method -
 MK> holding the left-Alt down while typing 2, 4 and 8 in that exact order.
 MK> Note that it is automajically converted to utf8 by my current vimrc but
 MK> could easily be an 8-bit Latvian character set.  Pick one and I'll prove
 MK> it.

Maybe I should try the windows version of vim as my editor?

        https://www.vim.org/download.php


 MK> Anyhow it looks like your busybox is capable.  Too bad about your
 MK> crippled OS but thems the breaks when dealing with MS products.

At this stage, I would love to have my Alt-[key] functionality back.

Even the Windows keyboard language toggle seems to have stopped working on my  
Win7 pc!


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