How to type 《》and 〈〉efficiently on Mac OS X?

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How to type 《 》and 〈 〉efficiently (such as with a simple key combination) on Mac OS X?

score 37 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '18 at 01:42

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For « and »

OPTION + \
OPTION + SHIFT + \

For ‹ and ›

OPTION + SHIFT + 3
OPTION + SHIFT + 4

answered Mar 15 '18 at 01:42

aldok

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The guillemet characters are NOT the same as the angle brackets, which are what the original post asked for. – qazwsx Sep 29 '21 at 03:29
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@qazwsx《》and «» is indeed different symbol. « is Guillemet symbol while 《 is used in Japanese/Chinese symbol. I don't know the built-in shortcut for 《. But for Guillemet, you can see the shortcuts in this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet. – aldok Sep 29 '21 at 07:20
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Not the answer to the question on the page, but it is the answer I was looking for and that Google brought me to. So no upvote, but at least accept some kudos – Owen Blacker Aug 09 '22 at 11:31

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 29 '21 at 03:25

Solution 1: using Emacs

If you have an Emacs window open almost all the time like I do, you can use Emacs to do it, on macOS or other OSs. Specifically, Ctrl-x, Enter, then start typing the character's name, namely, "LEFT DOUBLE ANGLE BRACKET". As you finish typing more and more letters, type Tab to prompt a list of matching characters, until it auto-completes it to the unique one.

Solution 2: using Chinese input method

These characters are CJK book quotation marks. Many Chinese input methods map < to 〈 and Shift+< to 《, respectively. So, if you install a Chinese input method, switch to Chinese mode, and type < or Shift+<, you will get 〈 and 《. To type the normal English keyboard <, just switch the input method back to English.

Craig C. · Answer 3 · 2021-09-04T02:45:02.710

If you are in the Telegram Mac desktop client (possibly, but not verified) you can type two <s and it will substitute the left Guillemet (and like«wise for two >s, the right Guillemet). I found this by accident, not being able to get them in otherwise, and was going to use << but I to the proper mark, the left Guillemet, «

That's a lot simpler than doing it here on FF where I had to use the "Symbols and Emoji" option under edit, and find them under the "Parentheses" option. Or do and HTML edit if the application allows and use e.g., «. Find a chart for "HTML Entities".

Edit, (2021.09.03 19.41h PDT [GMT -7]): This no longer appears to be the case. Two < will just give you << and not «.

This should be the accepted solution. – Joshua Dance Apr 22 '21 at 15:11 — Joshua Dance, Apr 22 '21 at 15:11

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 21 '21 at 19:50

I'm writing from the year 2021, using macOS 11.1 on an American English keyboard.

name	character	keypress
left single guillemet	‹	`Option` `Shift` `3`
right single guillemet	›	`Option` `Shift` `4`
left double guillemet	«	`Option` `\`
right double guillemet	»	`Option` `Shift` `\`

This is the same content as a 2018 answer, with better markup.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 15 '13 at 05:46

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Import a file like this to TextExpander:

ldab,《
rdab, 》
lab,〈
rab, 〉

answered Jan 15 '13 at 05:46

Lri

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How to type 《 》and 〈〉efficiently on Mac OS X?

5 Answers5

Solution 1: using Emacs

Solution 2: using Chinese input method

How to type 《》and 〈〉efficiently on Mac OS X?