2010/2/22 Enrico Tröger <enrico.troe...@uvena.de> > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:36:29 -0800, Tony wrote: > > >One of the modifications in the Doc patch about Tools->Reload > >Configuration is in the *Inserting Unicode characters* section. Here > >is the modified excerpt: > > > >With GTK 2.10 and above, you can insert Unicode code points by hitting > >> Ctrl-Shift-u, then still holding Ctrl-Shift, type some hex digits > >> representing > >> the code point for the character you want, then let go of Ctrl-Shift > >> and hit Enter or Return. > >> > >> For this to work in Geany, you'll need to first unbind Ctrl-Shift-u > >> in the `keybinding preferences`_, then select *Tools->Reload > >> Configuration* > >> > >> or restart Geany. Note that it works slightly differently from other > >> GTK applications, in that you'll need to continue to hold down the > >> Ctrl and Shift > >> keys while typing the code point hex digits. > >> > > > >I tried this when checking for Reload Configuration effects. I noted > >that currently (revision 4675) Ctrl-Shift-u is not bound in the > >*keybinding preferences*, and that using Enter or Return to end the > >Unicode specifier actually entered a carriage return in the text. > >Intuitively, a space after the code should be enough to end the > >specifier, and indeed it does. I'm not sure whether this is a bug in > >the code, or a needed document modification. I didn't go looking for > >the point in revision history where the behavior changed. > > Weird, never noticed that finishing the input with Space works as well. > Anyway, the note about unbinding Ctrl-Shift-u in the preferences was > added because in older versions we accidently used Ctrl-Shift-u as > default for another keybinding. Maybe the note could be changed to > reflect that. > However, I don't get it to insert a line break even when using > Enter/Return to finish the Unicode input. >
Enrico, I think the problem is that the manual says let go ctrl-shift before typing return, holding ctrl-shift and typing return inserts the Unicode point without the return but any character, including return, typed after releasing the ctrl-shift inserts the Unicode point and itself. I thought this was a feature :-D Cheers Lex > Regards, > Enrico > > -- > Get my GPG key from http://www.uvena.de/pub.asc > > _______________________________________________ > Geany-devel mailing list > Geany-devel@uvena.de > http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany-devel > >
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