2007/2/23, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:11:31 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo:
<snip> There are different ways of doing this between Windows and Linux.
Windows: Hold down Ctrl+Alt and type 0 (zero) plus the decimal code for the character. In some applications you must have the numeric keypad button on. Ubuntu Linux up to and including OOo 2.0.2 on Dapper: Hold down Ctrl +Shift and type the hex code for the character. Ubuntu Linux after the above: Hold down Ctrl+Shift and type u; release Ctrl+Shift and type the hex code; hit spacebar. If your version of Linux/OOo is right around the time Dapper went to Edgy (last fall) you may have one or the other of the above. The switchover was necessary in order to access all of the Unicode characters; previously there were a few that we couldn't do with the keyboard.
John Jason, my version of Linux/OO.o is that which is supplied with Edgy, i e, 2.0.4. I've tried to produce an «ƒ» in OO.o using both of the above methods, i e, Ctrl + Shift + 0083 (on the numeric keys with Num Lock on), and Ctrl + Shift + u, release, then typing 0083 and hitting the space bar. The first method produces nothing at all, the second a symbol which I cannot reproduce here, but which resembles something which might be found in an Indic alphabet (of interest is the fact that the second method on my text editor or here on Gmail - i e, in Edgy itself, produces a «» !). Have I missed a step ? It would be handy to have access to all the Unicode glyphs (a good place to find them is at http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/), over and above the ones I can produce using various Alt Gr + and Alt Gr + Shift + combinations.... Harold, my intention in suggesting an investigation of Alt Gr + Shift was not to enter into a dispute with you concerning the semiotics of the concept «many». You first mentioned that you could only produce an accent aigu ; upon further investigation you found four more presumably useful diacritics. Is that not a positive development ? Perhaps still more investigation would turn up a few others ; as I am using, as you know, a different keyboard set-up, I am unable to investigate the matter myself. As for my pointing out to Pradeep that the Microsoft Word operations don't work on a Linux machine like my own, that was, no doubt, gilding the lily, but then again, sometimes we overlook the obvious. When I first went over to Ubuntu, I tried the Alt + (0+decimal code on numeric keys with Num Lock on) that I had used previously on Windows, just to see if it also worked on Ubuntu. Not unsurprisingly, it did not, but I didn't feel myself stupid for having tried, quite the contrary. This may however, simply be an expression of an, in my case, unfortunately typical lack of self-knowledge.... Henri
