On 27/02/07, Hagar de l'Est <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Harold Fuchs-2 wrote: > > I'm using OO 2.1 on Win XP Pro. > The "standard" Windows UI allows one to enter Unicode characters using the > following procedure: > 1. Ensure Numlock is turned on > 2. Determine the *decimal* value of the Unicode character > 3. Hold down the Alt key then, using the *numeric* keypad, press and > release > the plus key and enter the decimal numeric value from #2, release the Alt > key. > > This works in Wordpad. It works without enabling any languages other than > my > native UK English and without enabling any keyboard other than my native > UK > English. > > It doesn't work in Notepad but I wouldn't expect it to because Notepad > only > supports ASCII values up to 127 decimal. > > It doesn't work in OpenOffice Writer. > > For example, in OpenOffice, if I follow the above procedure using the > decimal value 259 (= Hex 103), I get the symbol for the playing card suit > hearts. If I do it in Wordpad I get a lower case "a" with a saucer shaped > accent named "breve" above it. All the code charts show that this is the > correct character for decimal 259, whereas the heart symbol has decimal > value 9829 (= Hex 2665). > It works in OOo for characters below 0255 (corresponding to the ASCII code), this is why the decimal reference is not shown with the hex one in the Special Characters dialog for characters above. Perhaps this thread will help : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=93847 Hagar.
<snip> Yes, I know OO supports ASCII. I don't understand why it doesn't seem to support Unicode properly; how do I get it to support Unicode data entry using the platform's standard methodology? I could sort of understand if OO did nothing when faced with high character values because then one could say OO doesn't support Unicode, but OO actually does it wrong - it enters a heart symbol instead of an accented "a". Isn't OO supposed to support Unicode? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
