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To write words with diacritics, like café or αὐτοῖς, one usually must press the dead key before the letter, like this: caf[option+e]e > caf´e > café. It's a strange choice, on a paper no one would have written the diacritic first.

How can I write the opposite: first the letter, then the dead key: cafe[´]?

Some keyboard layouts do support this, e.g. in Hebrew writing א and then ָ results in the correct אָ.

Every method would be welcomed: Maybe something in Mac OS settings, or using something like hammerspoon, or creating a new keyboard layout.

Thanks!

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    I'm using an utility called aText to do exactly that - write French diacritics in a non-French keyboard layout on the Mac, in the method you described. In principle it should be possible in Hammerspoon too, perhaps using the hs.hotkey.modal() interface. – ttarchala Mar 18 '18 at 08:32

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