Typing names with accent marks

[Marrik]

How do you type accent marks in Xcom Files with a standard English keyboard?

[Juku121]

No clue. 'Native' accents do work, Alt codes do not.

So, alternatives:

• Save, edit whatever you need changed, reload.
  
• Switch keyboard language.
  
• Remap your keyboard, either directly or with something like Autohotkey.
  

[TBeholder]

You mean for text fields in the game?
• If you want to use such things regularly, it’s probably easier to enable the relevant layout.
• If not, using Compose button is slower, ḅüť 🅸🆃 ãĺļóŵṣ lots of ⓕ🄐🄽©ẙ symbols (just tested in OXCE 7.8.7 — works for me).  ☺ Practically, however, it’s up to the font. Which is awesome compared to DOS, but as Unicode goes, almost modest. So the Greek letters, Roman numerals and « » † ‡ ← → ↑ ↓ © ♂ ♀ ≡ ≪ ≫ ¡ ¿ ∧ ∨ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ∈ ∋ are supported, but × ≈ ≤ ≥ 〈 〉 ∉ ∌ ‼ ⁈ — ⌀ ⯐ ⌁ ⚡ ☢ ☣ ⚛ ⛏ ⚒ ⚓ ⚕ ☤ are replaced with question marks and characters >2 bytes (🕏 🌡 🎃 ) are ignored. For some reason, ½ ¼ are replaced with tiny dots, but ⅓ ⅕⅙ ⅐ ⅛ ⅟ with question mark.

[Solarius Scorch]

Since this is a general OXCE question, I'll move it to the correct place.

[Meridian]

This has "nothing" to do with OXC/OXCE.

You type letters in OXC/OXCE the same way as in any other application.

[Solarius Scorch]

This has "nothing" to do with OXC/OXCE.

You type letters in OXC/OXCE the same way as in any other application.

If I want to name my soldier Mikołaj Świerzyński, then indeed I can, because my system language is Polish.
But if I wanted to name this soldier Kálmán Mészöly, I could not, because I can't write Hungarian national characters which don't exist in the Polish set. (Except in MS Word and some other apps, which have special key bindings.)

I personally don't think it's a reasonable request, but it is for OXCE, not my mod.

[Meridian]

Then you go to Windows and install a Hungarian keyboard.

OXC/OXCE engine accepts all letters, we literally can't do more for you.

If you want a virtual keyboard in OXC/OXCE, then with all due respect, go somewhere.

[Meridian]

Topic moved from "OpenXcom Extended" to "Troubleshooting".

[Solarius Scorch]

Exactly.

Just to be clear: I was only explaining the opening issue, it wasn't what I thought!

[Meridian]

I was also talking to you (2nd person plural), not to you (2nd person singular)

[TBeholder]

Lol. Anyway, a somewhat more comprehensive answer: accents are in  FontBig.png sheet. The “extra” Unicode symbols are in FontBig_jp.png sheet.
The characters are mapped in Font.dat:

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    images:
      - file: FontBig.png
        chars: >
          !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖŐŰÙÚÛÜÝÞŸßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöőűùúûüýþÿФИСВУАПРШОЛДЬТЩЗЙКЫЕГМЦЧНЯфисвуапршолдьтщзйкыегмцчнябБжЖхХъЪэЭюЮĆĘ깣泥ŚśźżŻŹŃńĂăȘȚșțČĎĚŇŘŠŤŮŽčďěňřšťůžЄєŒœіІїЇøØĞŞİğşıΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρστυφχψωΆΈΉΊΌΎΏάέήίόύώςΐϊĹĽŔĺľŕ∞ЁёĐđ
      - file: FontBig_jp.png
        chars: >
          ‐―‘’“”†‡‥…‰′″※℃№℡ÅⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩ←↑→↓⇒⇔∀∂∃∇∈∋∑√∝∞∟∠∥∧∨∩∪∫∬∮∴∵∽≒≠≡≦≧≪≫⊂⊃⊆⊇⊥⊿⌒①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳─━│┃┌┏┐┓└┗┘┛├┝┠┣┤┥┨┫┬┯┰┳┴┷┸┻┼┿╂╋■□▲△▼▽◆◇○◎●◯★☆♀♂♪♭♯　、。〃々〆〇〈〉《》「」『』【】〒〓〔〕〝〟
[…]Xcom Files for some reason uses slightly changed FontBig/FontSmall — «đ» disappeared, but other accent characters remain where they were. It does not have its own Font.dat or FontBig_jp.png, thus for the rest should behave just like vanilla.
Dioxine_XPiratez does have its own font config, but changes are not related to character lists, other than removing small Korean sets under FONT_GEO_*. Otherwise should behave just like vanilla, since the sheets are unchanged.
X1Overhaul adds big Korean sheets, for that matter.

For curious modders — consider at least some of ☀ ☐☑☒ ☛☞ ☠☢☣☹☺ ☼☽ ⚐⚑⚒⚓⚔⚙⚛⚠⚡⛉⛊⛏ ⯐.

[Solarius Scorch]

It appears that the vanilla character set was updated, whereas XCF still uses an older one. I'll add the new characters.