Correct: Wordpad uses RichEdit; Notepad and Paint do not.
Peter
From: ChiGuy [mailto:chig...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:19 AM
To: Peter Constable
Cc: Murray Sargent; Unicode Mailing List
Subject: Re: number padless?
Ok, well I just tried both tricks out in WordPad, and they
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> Behalf Of *ChiGuy
> *Sent:* Friday, August 06, 2010 8:20 PM
> *To:* Murray Sargent
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> *Subject:* Re: number padless?
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> oh, duh, not the function key, that makes more sense.
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> Well I tried that here in FF, and di
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:20 PM
To: Murray Sargent
Cc: Unicode Mailing List
Subject: Re: number padless?
oh, duh, not the function key, that makes more sense.
Well I tried that here in FF, and did not work, but did in Wordpad, so I guess
it's another MS or Windows situation, right?
Well
Am 2010-08-07 04:19, schrieb Murray Sargent:
In general to type in a character by its Unicode value,
type in the hex value and then alt+x.
In some MS programs, e. g. the German version of MS Word,
it’s rather Alt-C, as Alt-X is endowed with some other meaning.
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
oh, duh, not the function key, that makes more sense.
Well I tried that here in FF, and did not work, but did in Wordpad, so I
guess it's another MS or Windows situation, right?
Well that is better than before, and it led me to find out much more about
Unicode. So thanks again!
On 6 August 2010
>> Quickie question-
>> I got a new laptop, but there is no number pad. Not even one integrated
>> with the function keys.
>> Any idea how I can make special characters for which the number pad is
>> required?
>> Example: In Spanish, tomorrow is mañana. How can I make the enye (code
>> was alt-
Type F1 alt+x, where F1 means the letter F key followed by the 1 key, not
Function key 1. U+00F1 is the Unicode value of ñ. In general to type in a
character by its Unicode value, type in the hex value and then alt+x. E.g., to
type in math italic a, type 1D44E alt+x , which gives 𝑎.
Murray
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> *From:* unicode-bou...@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bou...@unicode.org] *On
> Behalf Of *ChiGuy
> *Sent:* Friday, August 06, 2010 2:55 PM
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> *To:* unicode@unicode.org
> *Subject:* number padless?
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> Hey all,
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It all depends on what language(s) you need, how often you need to enter
non-English characters, and what software you use.
For occasional use, there's charmap (as you have discovered) or, if you
use a word processor such as MS Word or OpenOffice WRiter that provides
an Insert/Symbol type of func
-bou...@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bou...@unicode.org] On Behalf
Of ChiGuy
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 2:55 PM
To: unicode@unicode.org
Subject: number padless?
Hey all,
Quickie question-
I got a new laptop, but there is no number pad. Not even one integrated with
the function keys.
Any idea how
Hey all,
Quickie question-
I got a new laptop, but there is no number pad. Not even one integrated
with the function keys.
Any idea how I can make special characters for which the number pad is
required?
Example: In Spanish, tomorrow is mañana. How can I make the enye (code was
alt-0241, made n
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