On 03/17/2014 06:34 PM, JLuc wrote: > FYI, Le 14/03/2014 09:28, ZASKE Martin a ?crit : > <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> > Dear List,<br> > <br> > on February 7, JL had written some help to a user, and happened to > mention how he is using the Character Palette at<br> > <br> > menu <small>> insert > glyph...<br> > <br> > I am talking about Version 1.4.3 which is still the official > Version I have access to for Windows. And for our Linux computers, > as we have not managed yet to compile under OpenSuse.<br> > <br> > <br> > It took me a moment to copy what JL had done. I had to learn that > (surprisingly) the Unicode characters need to be defined in > decimal, rather than the more common U+nnnn and that for the name > of the font, the capitalization has to be strictly observed etc. > Then I also had to find the .ucp file - which happens to be a > hidden file on a default OpenSuse installation. I found that I can > just as easily make my own .ucp files or place it (or them) at a > more accessible location.<br> > <br> > Since I have appreciated the input from JL a lot, I would like to > write it up properly and place it at the right place on the Wiki > for the benefit of other users. Maybe it could even go into the > inbuilt help? I did look through the printed Scribus book and > through the existing online help, and could not find any hints. > Forgive me (and direct me) if it is already written somewhere.<br> > <br> > What do you think?<br>
The first thing, of course, is to send no HTML messages. You can directly insert Unicode characters with Ctrl+Shift+U, then the 4-digit hex value (leave out the leading '0x'). This works both with Edit Contents mode and with the Story Editor. So with this information, what are you proposing? Greg
