On Saturday 24 February 2007 11:18:08 am William Case wrote: > 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.
Well, its not a solution to your problem, but maybe a work around until some of the sharp folks here can come up with one. While typing with your ideas flowing just type in [check] for the check mark above, or [SUPER_Lcheckmark] . This way you can go back once your done with the ideas, and proof reading the doc, and replace the [whatever] sections with the appropriate characters. then you could do a search and replace for every instance of [SUPER_Lcheckmark] with ✔. Like I said, not a "solution" but, I'd hate for your ideas to go away waiting on all those keystrokes. (I DO know how you feel!) -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
