On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 11:46 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Thanks for responding Henri; > > > > On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:26 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: > > > 2007/2/23, William Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > Hi; > > > > [snip] > Bill, it should indeed be easy ! And - thanks to JJJ - it certainly has > become much easier ! Here are the glyphs you were wished to produce from > your keyboard, produced directly from mine : ✔ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦. The procedure is as > follows : Ctrl + Shift + u, then release, type the hexcode, and then > space-bar, e g, Ctrl + Shift + u, 2660, space-bar = ♠. It works splendidly > on my Ubuntu machine ; try it and see if it doesn't work on your Fedora > set-up ! All credit here is due not me, but JJJ, who patiently explained the > process so that even I could understand.... > > Henri
That's my point. I have been using "Ctrl + Shift + u, then release, type the hexcode, and then space-bar, e g, Ctrl + Shift + u, 2660, space-bar = ♠." Let me restate the problem. To produce those glyphs, I have to remember (or use a cheat sheet) the unicode numbers every time I want to use them. I don't know how you write, but when I get flowing with some ideas, I like to just keep going. To type a ✔, I have to stop, think about which unicode to use and type 8 key strokes. By then, my great idea could be lost and using 8 key strokes doesn't feel natural, particularly if my article jumps from sentences about ♠ and then to ♥ and then back to ♠ again. If I could bind or assign "Ctrl + Shift + u, then release, type the hexcode" (or the affect of that key combination) to my own choice of key (say, <Super_L>s ) I could then type along, use <Super_L>s to get a ♠ without hardly breaking stride. -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
