On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Tony Rick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> Weird, never noticed that finishing the input with Space works as well. >>> Anyway, the note about unbinding Ctrl-Shift-u in the preferences was >>> added because in older versions we accidently used Ctrl-Shift-u as >>> default for another keybinding. Maybe the note could be changed to >>> reflect that. >>> However, I don't get it to insert a line break even when using >>> Enter/Return to finish the Unicode input. >>> >> >> >> Enrico, I think the problem is that the manual says let go ctrl-shift >> before typing return, holding ctrl-shift and typing return inserts the >> Unicode point without the return but any character, including return, typed >> after releasing the ctrl-shift inserts the Unicode point and itself. I >> thought this was a feature :-D >> >> Cheers >> Lex >> > > I realized about holding ctrl-shift for the Enter/Return, and just figured > that I mis-read the the manual (without actually checking), but Lex beat me > to the punch. I guess this is a doc modification, too. I'll do it, unless > somebody else beat me to that, too. > > - tony > > ...and here's the patch for the manual (against revision 4688). - tony
Index: geany.txt =================================================================== --- geany.txt (revision 4688) +++ geany.txt (working copy) @@ -1064,14 +1064,18 @@ With GTK 2.10 and above, you can insert Unicode code points by hitting Ctrl-Shift-u, then still holding Ctrl-Shift, type some hex digits representing -the code point for the character you want, then let go of Ctrl-Shift and -hit Enter or Return. +the code point for the character you want and hit Enter or Return (still +holding Ctrl-Shift). If you release Ctrl-Shift before hitting Enter or Return +(or any other character), the code insertion is completed, but the typed +character is also entered. In the case of Enter/Return, it is a newline, as +you might expect. + -For this to work in Geany, you'll need to first unbind Ctrl-Shift-u +In some earlier versions of Geany, you might need to first unbind Ctrl-Shift-u in the `keybinding preferences`_, then select *Tools->Reload Configuration* or restart Geany. Note that it works slightly differently from other GTK applications, in that you'll need to continue to hold down the Ctrl and Shift -keys while typing the code point hex digits. +keys while typing the code point hex digits (and the Enter or Return to finish the code point). For GTK < 2.10, it is also possible, but typing the first Ctrl-Shift-u is not necessary. One problem is that you may find the alphabetic
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