Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
For the "insert Symbol" plugin you can also define your own shortcuts. So if you find yourself using "\Egrave" a lot you can edit the config file and define e.g. "\Eg" or even "\E" to insert this symbol. I considered also supporting "\nnn" to insert values numerically, bit decided against it because I can never remember all those codes myself, and figured symbol names make more sense for this feature. Regards, Jaap On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Marco Cevoli wrote: > Brendan, > > thanks a lot. Of course it's a GTK+ issue, not directly Zim's, sorry > for the misunderstanding. BTW, this has a very low priority for me, so > put it in your to-do list accordingly. > > I wasn't aware of the other typing shorcut. Thanks! That feature > totally solves my problem! > > Bests > > > Marco Cevoli > Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. > Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. > --- > http://www.marcocevoli.com > i...@marcocevoli.com > t 34 675 800 826 > ~~~ > My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net > My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: > > ... I forgot to mention you need to have the "Insert Symbol" plugin > turned > > on for Zim's method to work. > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Brendan Kidwell > wrote: > >> > >> Also, don't forget that Zim has its own typing shortcut for non-keyboard > >> characters. The manual says you can type > >>backslash SYMBOL-NAME space > >> to get most of the named special characters from HTML. See this list: > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references > >> . For example, if I type "\Yacute ", it gets converted by Zim to "Ý". > This > >> works on all Zim-suported platforms. > >> > >> Again, we'll see if we can get the host OS's ALT+nnn method to work too > in > >> a future release. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Brendan Kidwell > wrote: > >>> > >>> Zim is a Python application that depends completely on the GTK+ > framework > >>> for interacting with the display and input devices, as well as a few > other > >>> things. I don't think Zim does anything special with GTK+'s keyboard > input > >>> functions, so the problem may be in GTK+ on Windows, not with Zim > itself. > >>> > >>> I can't immediately find a solution based on the assumption that it's a > >>> problem with GTK+. (It may be a Zim-specific problem.) > >>> > >>> If you find any further clues or evidence, please post them on a bug > >>> report I created for this issue: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1245274 > >>> . Also, subscribe to that bug to find out when it gets resolved. I'll > see if > >>> I can squash it or identify the root cause and pass it to Jaap before > the > >>> end of the current release cycle. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Marco Cevoli > > >>> wrote: > > Hi André, > > I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous > message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except > Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) > > Bests > > > Marco Cevoli > Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. > Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. > --- > http://www.marcocevoli.com > i...@marcocevoli.com > t 34 675 800 826 > ~~~ > My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net > My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, > http://www.allerglobal.com > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré wrote: > > Marco Cevoli a écrit : > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the > >> numeric > >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented > >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. > >> > >> Any hints? > > > > > > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the > > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US > keyboard, > > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe > > control > > + key). > > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation > > (Italian > > ?). > > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and > > switch > > between them as you wish. > > I forget the details for installing and using the different > character > > sets > > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) > > > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Marco Cevoli > > > > > > > > -- > > André > > _
Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
Brendan, thanks a lot. Of course it's a GTK+ issue, not directly Zim's, sorry for the misunderstanding. BTW, this has a very low priority for me, so put it in your to-do list accordingly. I wasn't aware of the other typing shorcut. Thanks! That feature totally solves my problem! Bests Marco Cevoli Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. --- http://www.marcocevoli.com i...@marcocevoli.com t 34 675 800 826 ~~~ My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: > ... I forgot to mention you need to have the "Insert Symbol" plugin turned > on for Zim's method to work. > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: >> >> Also, don't forget that Zim has its own typing shortcut for non-keyboard >> characters. The manual says you can type >>backslash SYMBOL-NAME space >> to get most of the named special characters from HTML. See this list: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references >> . For example, if I type "\Yacute ", it gets converted by Zim to "Ý". This >> works on all Zim-suported platforms. >> >> Again, we'll see if we can get the host OS's ALT+nnn method to work too in >> a future release. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: >>> >>> Zim is a Python application that depends completely on the GTK+ framework >>> for interacting with the display and input devices, as well as a few other >>> things. I don't think Zim does anything special with GTK+'s keyboard input >>> functions, so the problem may be in GTK+ on Windows, not with Zim itself. >>> >>> I can't immediately find a solution based on the assumption that it's a >>> problem with GTK+. (It may be a Zim-specific problem.) >>> >>> If you find any further clues or evidence, please post them on a bug >>> report I created for this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1245274 >>> . Also, subscribe to that bug to find out when it gets resolved. I'll see if >>> I can squash it or identify the root cause and pass it to Jaap before the >>> end of the current release cycle. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Marco Cevoli >>> wrote: Hi André, I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) Bests Marco Cevoli Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. --- http://www.marcocevoli.com i...@marcocevoli.com t 34 675 800 826 ~~~ My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré wrote: > Marco Cevoli a écrit : > >> Hi, >> >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the >> numeric >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. >> >> Any hints? > > > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US keyboard, > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe > control > + key). > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation > (Italian > ?). > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and > switch > between them as you wish. > I forget the details for installing and using the different character > sets > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) > >> >> Thanks >> >> Marco Cevoli > > > > -- > André ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
... I forgot to mention you need to have the "Insert Symbol" plugin turned on for Zim's method to work. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: > Also, don't forget that Zim has its own typing shortcut for non-keyboard > characters. The manual says you can type >backslash SYMBOL-NAME space > to get most of the named special characters from HTML. See this list: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references. > For example, if I type "\Yacute ", it gets converted by Zim to "Ý". This > works on all Zim-suported platforms. > > Again, we'll see if we can get the host OS's ALT+nnn method to work too in > a future release. > > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: > >> Zim is a Python application that depends completely on the GTK+ framework >> for interacting with the display and input devices, as well as a few other >> things. I don't think Zim does anything special with GTK+'s keyboard input >> functions, so the problem may be in GTK+ on Windows, not with Zim itself. >> >> I can't immediately find a solution based on the assumption that it's a >> problem with GTK+. (It may be a Zim-specific problem.) >> >> If you find any further clues or evidence, please post them on a bug >> report I created for this issue: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1245274 . Also, subscribe to that >> bug to find out when it gets resolved. I'll see if I can squash it or >> identify the root cause and pass it to Jaap before the end of the current >> release cycle. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Marco Cevoli wrote: >> >>> Hi André, >>> >>> I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous >>> message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except >>> Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) >>> >>> Bests >>> >>> >>> Marco Cevoli >>> Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. >>> Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. >>> --- >>> http://www.marcocevoli.com >>> i...@marcocevoli.com >>> t 34 675 800 826 >>> ~~~ >>> My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net >>> My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré wrote: >>> > Marco Cevoli a écrit : >>> > >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the numeric >>> >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented >>> >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. >>> >> >>> >> Any hints? >>> > >>> > >>> > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the >>> > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US keyboard, >>> > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe >>> control >>> > + key). >>> > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation >>> (Italian >>> > ?). >>> > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and >>> switch >>> > between them as you wish. >>> > I forget the details for installing and using the different character >>> sets >>> > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) >>> > >>> >> >>> >> Thanks >>> >> >>> >> Marco Cevoli >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > André >>> >>> ___ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
Also, don't forget that Zim has its own typing shortcut for non-keyboard characters. The manual says you can type backslash SYMBOL-NAME space to get most of the named special characters from HTML. See this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references. For example, if I type "\Yacute ", it gets converted by Zim to "Ý". This works on all Zim-suported platforms. Again, we'll see if we can get the host OS's ALT+nnn method to work too in a future release. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Brendan Kidwell wrote: > Zim is a Python application that depends completely on the GTK+ framework > for interacting with the display and input devices, as well as a few other > things. I don't think Zim does anything special with GTK+'s keyboard input > functions, so the problem may be in GTK+ on Windows, not with Zim itself. > > I can't immediately find a solution based on the assumption that it's a > problem with GTK+. (It may be a Zim-specific problem.) > > If you find any further clues or evidence, please post them on a bug > report I created for this issue: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1245274 . Also, subscribe to that bug > to find out when it gets resolved. I'll see if I can squash it or identify > the root cause and pass it to Jaap before the end of the current release > cycle. > > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Marco Cevoli wrote: > >> Hi André, >> >> I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous >> message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except >> Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) >> >> Bests >> >> >> Marco Cevoli >> Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. >> Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. >> --- >> http://www.marcocevoli.com >> i...@marcocevoli.com >> t 34 675 800 826 >> ~~~ >> My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net >> My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré wrote: >> > Marco Cevoli a écrit : >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the numeric >> >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented >> >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. >> >> >> >> Any hints? >> > >> > >> > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the >> > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US keyboard, >> > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe >> control >> > + key). >> > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation >> (Italian >> > ?). >> > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and switch >> > between them as you wish. >> > I forget the details for installing and using the different character >> sets >> > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Marco Cevoli >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > André >> >> ___ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
Zim is a Python application that depends completely on the GTK+ framework for interacting with the display and input devices, as well as a few other things. I don't think Zim does anything special with GTK+'s keyboard input functions, so the problem may be in GTK+ on Windows, not with Zim itself. I can't immediately find a solution based on the assumption that it's a problem with GTK+. (It may be a Zim-specific problem.) If you find any further clues or evidence, please post them on a bug report I created for this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1245274 . Also, subscribe to that bug to find out when it gets resolved. I'll see if I can squash it or identify the root cause and pass it to Jaap before the end of the current release cycle. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Marco Cevoli wrote: > Hi André, > > I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous > message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except > Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) > > Bests > > > Marco Cevoli > Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. > Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. > --- > http://www.marcocevoli.com > i...@marcocevoli.com > t 34 675 800 826 > ~~~ > My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net > My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré wrote: > > Marco Cevoli a écrit : > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the numeric > >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented > >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. > >> > >> Any hints? > > > > > > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the > > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US keyboard, > > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe > control > > + key). > > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation > (Italian > > ?). > > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and switch > > between them as you wish. > > I forget the details for installing and using the different character > sets > > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) > > > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Marco Cevoli > > > > > > > > -- > > André > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
Hi André, I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) Bests Marco Cevoli Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. --- http://www.marcocevoli.com i...@marcocevoli.com t 34 675 800 826 ~~~ My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré wrote: > Marco Cevoli a écrit : > >> Hi, >> >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the numeric >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. >> >> Any hints? > > > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US keyboard, > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe control > + key). > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation (Italian > ?). > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and switch > between them as you wish. > I forget the details for installing and using the different character sets > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) > >> >> Thanks >> >> Marco Cevoli > > > > -- > André ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] ALT+NUMPAD not working on WinXP
On 2013-10-26 13:16, Marco Cevoli wrote: Hi, if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the numeric pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. It doesn't work on Windows 7 either... But you can use Character Map and copy and paste. // Anders -- English isn't my first language. So any error or strangeness is due to the translation. Please correct my English so that I may become better. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
