Not sure if this works on US Keyboard configs. It should though.

Another thing I do for more complex character sets such as the German umlaut, French è, ç etc. or the Polish ?, ?, ? etc. is similar to Eolaí’s workaround - I made a small txt file with all of them and copy and paste from there.

The frustrating part is when, after doing all this, again as Eolaí points out, the website displays them as gobbeldy-gook because it’s not setup for extended character sets.

What I do for comments is typically have an Irish language website open, a site like:
   • Daltaí na Gaeilge
   • Lá Nua
   • Gaeilge.ie
   • Beo
   • Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge

-and just copy and paste letters as I need them.

There are other things you can do, like have your keyboard on the Irish/Ireland setting and then type in a combination of keys (the single quote followed by the vowel), or typing the ASCII numeric code, and methods also vary depending on whether you’re using a Mac or PC.

In MS-Word, for example, there is an insert object option where you can find the right letter, lowercase or uppercase, with the desired fada - though you may have five pages of options to page through.

I should stress though that I’m not railing against all non-use of fadas, just the cynical exploitation of their non-use by people who have no intent of learning the language. That doesn’t apply to you.

You may notice that “Eolaí” often appears on here, and other sites without the fada on the “i”. That’s because there are problems retaining diacritic marks in certain kind of fields.

Pete - Thanks for that. I had intended a paragraph in my post to refer to the excellent Baile Bréige series in your paper, but then forgot as I went off on a rant.

Primal - Thank you very much.

Type something in a comments box or a new post.

Right click your mouse. You will see a Languages option. Select Irish / Ireland.

Type the text below. You will see a line under scriobh. Place the cursor over it and right click. You will see scríobh and scrobh suggested.

Scríobh rud sna comments seo, nó scriobh post nua duit féin. Má tá focal mícheart feiceann tú líne faoi.

I don’t remember how a MAC does right click - ctrl-click or something?

Notes: It is no where near perfect, so be careful. And sometimes a previously written paragraph will not show errors even though there are some in it. Place the mouse anywhere in the paragraph; right click and select Spell check this field; right click again and again select Spell check this field.

Caithfidh mé a rá, ach ní úsáidim aon plugins le Firefox mé féin.

B’fhéidir go mbeidh an freagra ar an tUasal Sneezy. Tá a fhios agam gur bhain sé úsáid as an plugin.

A Phrimal, an bhfuil tú ansin?

Tabharfaidh mé cuairt ar a áit chun an ceist a chur air.

Go raibh maith agat!