Re: OT [no hate]: entering Unicode chars (was: Gnome's Character Map)

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From: Martin Ebourne
Subject: Re: OT [no hate]: entering Unicode chars (was: Gnome's Character Map)
Date: 14:19 on 15 Dec 2006

Earle Martin <hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> On 15/12/06, Aaron Crane <hateful@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
>> Until you upgrade to a newer version; it recently changed to "hold
>> Control+Shift+U while you type the Unicode codepoint".
> Control-shift-U is also an extremely fucking awkward "shortcut" if
> there ever was one.

It's like playing Twister with yourself. What kind of moron comes up  
with a key "shorcut" like that?

I like gnome, like their usability aims, and think that most of the  
time they get it right, but this doesn't even come close to those goals.

Cheers,

Martin.

There's stuff above here

Earle Martin 13:57 on 15 Dec 2006
- Martin Ebourne 14:19 on 15 Dec 2006
- H.Merijn Brand 14:20 on 15 Dec 2006
  - Aaron Crane 14:30 on 15 Dec 2006
  - Rafael Garcia-Suarez 14:31 on 15 Dec 2006
- Re: OT [no hate]: entering Unicode chars Robert Rothenberg 15:32 on 15 Dec 2006

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