Well, Microsoft is not consistent (not that I am surprised!)
ALT X number works in TextPAd, but not in MS-Word. The alternate method
(mention in this MS support note:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-ascii-or-unicode-latin-based-symbols-and-characters-d13f58d3-7bcb-44a7-a4d5-972ee12e50e0)
of type U+<hexNum> such as U+B5 for µ and then pressing ALT-X does work
in MS-Word, but not in TextPad!
Neither method works in Livecode 9.6.7
So, not:
ALT + 00A9
ALT 00A9
ALT X 00A9
U+A9 ALT X
On 5/11/2022 5:10 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
According to Microsoft, for Windows 10, Unicode typing is now ALT X
<number>
This works for me in TextPad Press and hold ALT and X together a box
appears in Textpad to enter the Unicode number into. Once 4 digits
have been entered the character appears.
It does not work in LC 9.6.7 STABLE in a new stack with a new
scrolling field.
-- Paul
On 5/11/2022 4:41 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
In Livecode 9.6.7 STABLE under Windows 10, I create a new stack with
a single new scrolling field. I switch to run mode (pointer tool) and
with a blinking insertion bar in the field, tried:
ALT+00A9
and
ALT00A9
Which should have produced a © symbol
Neither worked. I tried several other Unicode codes. None worked.
Bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18702 should be
reopened
It may be related to bug
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23688 as the
optionKeyDown (ALT key on Window) message is completely broken
On 5/11/2022 11:37 AM, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote:
Here is the bug report. It was reported as fixed as of LV 9.0.3 RC1.
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18702
On May 10, 2022, at 11:54 PM, jbv via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>
wrote:
Thank you for your reply.
Obviously, it was possible in earlier versions of LC.
So, could someone be kind enough to make a quick test with the most
recent versions of LC, by typing text inside a field, if special
characters can be used, like alt+144 for É, and possibly on azerty
and qwerty keyboards ?
Thank you in advance.
Le 2022-05-10 17:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode a écrit :
I thought I recalled a bug in the LC engine where using the keyboard
method of typing the character code, press ALT, and then press X. For
example, to type a dollar symbol ($), type 0024, press ALT, and then
press X, didn't work in Livecode. However, I just tried searching the
Livecode Quality Center for a bug number and couldn't find it so
perhaps I am mis-remembering.
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