On 04/01/2008 17:43, M Henri Day wrote:
2008/1/4, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 04/01/2008 17:18, M Henri Day wrote:
<snip>
Harold, what bug ? After downloading the tool, I don't encounter any
difficulty typing in glyphs directly from my keyboard using the formula
mentioned above, i e, «Alt + 0[*decimal* code for the desired glyph].
Thus,
for the tick «✓» which is glyph #10003, I hold down the «Alt» key and
type
«010003» on the number pad with «Num Lock» on ; to enter 倀(chāng, the
ghost
of a man eaten by a tiger), which is #20480, I hold down the «Alt» key
and
type «020480». I ddid this on a 32-bit Windows XP Home setup. Doesn't
this
procedure work for you ?...
Henri
PS : A list of the Unicode glyphs can be found here :
http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/
I meant the bug Jim Allen reported concerning OpenOffice's not allowing
entry of Unicode via the standard Windows interface; to quote from *his*
e-mail (today, 15:29 UK time):
=== begin quote ===
As to entering such characters from the keyboard, OpenOffice.org still
does not support the standard way of entering Unicode characters in
Windows using the Alt key and the numeric keypad. I reported this in
February 2006 as issue 61540, but nothing has yet been done about it.
See http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=61540 .
=== end quote ===
The tool seems to work perfectly.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
But Harold, isn't that we just did - enter «Unicode via the standard Windows
interface». My little bear brain must be missing something here....
Henri
Henri, yes but only after installing the tool. Jim claims the tool is
not supposed to be necessary in modern versions of Windows. I'm not 100%
sure. See also
http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/05/18/419117.aspx which
apparently was written by one of Microsoft's I18N experts.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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