Lion preferences for accented characters in character picker?

Hi,
I would like to set up my own definitions for accented characters -- so that they would show up in the character picker when I hold the given base key down in Mac OS X Lion. Does anybody know where these lists are saved?
All best,
Tench

tenchpsych wrote:
I would like to set up my own definitions for accented characters -- so that they would show up in the character picker when I hold the given base key down in Mac OS X Lion. Does anybody know where these lists are saved?
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2012/03/os-x-107-lion-customizing-character.html

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cGxpY2F0aW9uUHJvZmlsZS54c2QiCiAgICB4bWxuczpncD0iaHR0cDovL25hbWVz
cGFjZXMuZ2xvYmFscGxhdGZvcm0ub3JnL3N5c3RlbXMtcHJvZmlsZXMvMS4xLjAi
CiAgICBVbmlxdWVJRD0iTUUiIFByb2ZpbGVWZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEuMCIgRXJyYXRh
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RGVzY3JpcHRpb24+CiAgICA8Z3A6RGF0YUVsZW1lbnQgTmFtZT0iw6FjY2VudCIg
RXh0ZXJuYWw9InRydWUiIFR5cGU9IkJ5dGVTdHJpbmciIEVuY29kaW5nPSJIRVgi
IEZpeGVkTGVuZ3RoPSJmYWxzZSIgTGVuZ3RoPSIxNiIgUmVhZFdyaXRlPSJ0cnVl
IiBVcGRhdGU9InRydWUiIE9wdGlvbmFsPSJ0cnVlIiAvPiAgICAKPC9ncDphcHBs
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CiAgPGdwOkRlc2NyaXB0aW9uPkZvcnVtIFRlc3Q8L2dwOkRlc2NyaXB0aW9uPgog
IDxncDpEYXRhRWxlbWVudCBOYW1lPSLDoWNjZW50IiBFeHRlcm5hbD0idHJ1ZSIg
VHlwZT0iQnl0ZVN0cmluZyIgRW5jb2Rpbmc9IkhFWCIgRml4ZWRMZW5ndGg9ImZh
bHNlIiBMZW5ndGg9IjE2IiBSZWFkV3JpdGU9InRydWUiIFVwZGF0ZT0idHJ1ZSIg
T3B0aW9uYWw9InRydWUiLz4KPC9ncDpBcHBsaWNhdGlvblByb2ZpbGU+Cg==
1 row selected.which encodes and decodes properly on my system even with accented characters.

[CS3 JS] How to search for accented letters with GREP

Hello,
In the following script I have two words, each that has an accented letter. It appears that neither in the script nor in the Find and Replace dialog that GREP will recognize words with accents. It will replace accented characters however. I can do a search for words with no accents but that will lead to trouble when I only want to change the word if it has an accent.
Any advice would be great!
Tom
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var rawWordsAccented = ["André","Barrës"]; //find these words
var rawWordsAccentedDHyphens = ["~-Andr\\x{00E9}","~-Barr\\x{00EB}s"]; //replacement words
for(var k =0; rawWordsAccented.length > k; k++){
    var numWords = theGrepChanger(myDoc,rawWordsAccented[k],rawWordsAccentedDHyphens[k]);
    }//end for k
function theGrepChanger(docRef,grepFindIt,grepChangeIt){
    app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = grepFindIt;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = grepChangeIt;
    var arrGrepFindIt = myDoc.changeGrep();
    return arrGrepFindIt;
}//end theGrepFinder

John, perhaps it works in CS5 but not in CS3.
Peter, the problem is not in the replacement word or looping through that array backwards or forwards. The problem is finding a word with an accented character using the GREP mode.
In using the Find/Replace dialog I cannot find André. Nor Andr\x{00E9}, using Unicode. So if the dialog won't work it appears a script won't work. If I use "Andre" in the Search field it will find "Andre" and "André."
However I did find that if I change the GREP function in the script to the text mode I can find only words with accented characters and then replace them to my heart's content.
Tom
function theTextChanger(docRef,textFindIt,textChangeIt){
    app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = textFindIt;
    app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = textChangeIt;
    var arrTextFindIt = myDoc.changeText();
    return arrTextFindIt;
}//end theTextChanger

Accented characters showing up as ? in JRE1.3 but ok in 1.2

I'm implementing a database web interface product that utilizes JSPs (on SunOS 5.7).
The problem is in the search form. When using accented characters (French language), the JSP calls on URLEncode, but all accented characters show up as '?'.
However, when editing a record, using accented characters is not a problem (i.e., the accented characters are properly stored in the fields).
Back on the server, I ran a small program to output accented characters and also to call java.net.URLEncoder to convert the characters.
The default JDK is J2SE (1.3.1). Compiliing and running the program results in question marks.
Using JDK 1.2, the accented characters show up fine.
It would appear that URLEncoder is not at fault, but instead, JDK 1.3.1 doesn't seem to handle the accented characters.
I figure there must be a setting somewhere, but I'm not sure where.
Here's the program I used (written in Win98, using standard Win-based character set and Unicode format \u00xx; in Unix, "more" displays the Win accented characters fine but "vi" displays them as \xxx; compiles and displays perfectly when using JDK 1.2):
import java.net.*;
class mine {
public static void main(String args[]) {
System.out.println("��") ;
System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("��")) ;
System.out.println("\u00e0\u00e2\u00e4");
System.out.println("\351");
System.out.println("\351\347\356\364\373\340\350\342\344\374\357") ;
The output with JDK 1.2 is:
��
%E9%E7%EE%F4%FB%E0%E8%E2%E4%FC%EF
��
The output with JDK 1.3.1 is:
%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F

Between jdk1.2 and jdk 1.3 the default encoding of the vm changed.
You can get it by executing:
System.out.println("Default Encoding:" + System.getProperty("file.encoding"));
or
System.out.println("Default Encoding:" + (new java.io.InputStreamReader(System.in)).getEncoding());
The default encoding is used during the conversion of bytes to strings and vice verca.
Assume your default encoding is ISO8859_1. Then calling new String(byte[]) is equivalent to calling
new String(byte[], "ISO8859_1")
Now if you are converting a character from one encoding scheme to another and there is no mapping
for this character in the target scheme. Then the character will be replaced by a default character
which is (quite often) the question mark.
You can set the default encoding for a vm by passing it as a command line parameter
java -Dfile.encoding=ISO8859_1
java -Dfile.encoding=Cp1252

Accented characters refused ...

Hi,
I am french and many of my calendar names have accented characters. For I don't know the reason, today I cannot modify or add new calendars with accented character names.
A clue to this one ? Regards.

Robert,
I apologize for the poorly worded sentence. I wrote that before I had my first cup of coffee.
I do not recommend removing duplicate fonts, unless you are thoroughly familiar with the implications. For example, the Kurt Lang article lists 1) Required fonts. Do not delete any of those fonts.
Disabling fonts can also be an issue, therefore in 2) Known issues with disabled fonts, should also be thoroughly studied.
If you are intent on removing fonts, be sure to read 7) Various other fonts you can move or remove.
If this is what you mean, what are the duplicated fonts for ?
"Because the fonts supplied with Leopard are OpenType rather than .dfont suitcase, or legacy TrueType suitcase fonts, the list appears longer. OpenType fonts are saved as one font per file. While the Arial suitcase font from Office looks like one item, it actually contains four fonts; Arial, Arial Bold, Arial Italic and Arial Bold Italic. The OpenType fonts appear as four individual items. So the font list for Leopard will appear as follows to match the visually shorter list..."
Kurt's article is the limit of my knowledge about OS X Fonts. He is IMHO the most knowledgeable source on OS X Fonts.
;~)

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