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.
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