Public bug reported: In most Gnome applications I can use shift-ctrl-u to directly enter a character via its Unicode codepoint. So, for example, to enter the character € via this method, one does:
shift-ctrl-u 2 0 A C enter This works in gedit and gnome-terminal today. I use this often in gucharmap when dealing with a character I don't recognize, and can't easily directly copy from the source. Since updating to Ubuntu 16.04, the gucharmap version shipped with Ubuntu has started to ignore the shift-ctrl-u shortcut in the search text field. Upstream reports that this appears to be a Ubuntu specific issue: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769327 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gucharmap 1:3.18.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Sep 20 21:55:13 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-16 (735 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: gucharmap UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-26 (117 days ago) ** Affects: gucharmap (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625790 Title: Cannot enter character via shift-ctrl-u shortcut To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gucharmap/+bug/1625790/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
