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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:57:41 +0000, "Earle Martin"
<hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> On 15/12/06, Aaron Crane <hateful@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> > A. Pagaltzis writes:
> > > Any gtk+-based apps will accept characters typed as hexadecimal
> > > Unicode code points while holding Ctrl+Shift. Even works in a Firefox
> > > linked against gtk+.
> >
> > Until you upgrade to a newer version; it recently changed to "hold
> > Control+Shift+U while you type the Unicode codepoint".
I cannot hold down that key combo and also type a codepoint! The keys are w=
ay
to far apart to type that with one hand and leave the other hand to type the
codepoint which I cannot remember anyway.
WTF invented this combo?
> =C8=B2 <- hey, it works! Now I just have to memorize lots of inscrutable
> multi-digit numbers. Hooray for progress!
>=20
> Control-shift-U is also an extremely fucking awkward "shortcut" if
> there ever was one.
You could also modify you `Compose' file to include letter combo's you can
remember. Now just hope your application uses the Compose, and is not
(statically) built around some dark old Qt or gtk+ lib that doesn't read it
--=20
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