On 04/27/2013 12:30 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > I would like to be able to input unicode characters by number in > libreoffice writer, e.g. 007A for latin small letter z (just an > example - I only want to do it for uncommon glyphs that might not be > in your fonts). > > I keep finding references, for binary distros, to using the > libreoffice-gtk package. Looking at debian, this appears to contain > the gtk and/or gtk3 plugins. I've now enabled gtk3, and I have the > following plugins: > ken@ac4tv ~ $ls -1 /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcl* > /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so > /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_genlo.so > /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk3lo.so > /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_gtklo.so > /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_svplo.so > so I've got both sorts of gtk. > > The usage instructions generally say: > hold down Ctrl and Shift, type u, type the 4 hex digits, type a > space to signal that the input is complete. Presumably you only > really need to type the non-leading-zero digits. One of the old > instructions noted that the u shows an input field. > > This doesn't work for me, and trying it I just get a narrow grey > block - whichever hex digits I try. So, I assume that either I need > to change my configure options, or else I need to set something to > activate this [ this is 4.0.2.2 ] > > Anyone got this working, please ? > > ĸen >
Works for me. I think Pango should render that, and it could depend on your font. ICU is the library responsible for Unicode and stuff. The "small z" works just nice - hold ctrl + shift, press u, enter 007A, release ctrl and shift. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
