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

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From: H.Merijn Brand
Subject: Re: OT [no hate]: entering Unicode chars (was: Gnome's Character Map)
Date: 14:57 on 15 Dec 2006
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:30:06 +0000, Aaron Crane <hateful@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
wrote:

> H.Merijn Brand writes:
> > On 15/12/06, Aaron Crane <hateful@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> > > hold Control+Shift+U while you type the Unicode codepoint
> >=20
> > I cannot hold down that key combo and also type a codepoint!
>=20
> Sorry, I misspoke.  It's either of these:
>=20
>   - Hold Control+Shift, then hit U, then type a codepoint, then release
>     Control+Shift

=E2=88=A2   Works

>   - Hit Control+Shift+U, then type a codepoint, then hit enter

Works too, but I'd need tree hands to do that comfortable

Thanks anyway. I didn't know this yet.
--=20
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