Kenn Goutal wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
While we are talking about that utility, can you explain why the "Only
when Numlock is ON" option does not seem to have any effect on
anything; what is that option supposed to do?
Is that "Only when Numlock is ON"
with regard to the “Quick Unicode Input Tool”?
I haven't downloaded or tried that, so I can't comment on that.
However, if the statement "Only when Numlock is ON"
is in reference to the ALT+0nnn method, then the explanation is simple:
without the NumLock being ON, the keys of the numeric keypad
transmit codes that mean things like "Home", "Up", "Pg Up", ... "Insert".
That is, the numeric-keypad keys duplicate the functions of the
cursor-control keys (if you have those) and the little block of 6 keys
above that (if you have that) for "Insert", "Home", "PageUp",
and "Delete", "End", "PageDown".
That is exactly what happens. The Windows ALT-numeric keypad method only
works when Num Lock is on. Quick Unicode Tool allows you to not worry
about that.
(Why these non-numeric functions need to be on the numeric keypad
*if* your keyboard already has those other key blocks, I cannot imagine.)
Reasons are only historic. Originally the IBM PC keyboard only had the
numeric keypad which doubled as a cursor pad.
I had *thought* that it worked to use the digits across the top
of the main key block (with the letters and punctuation etc),
but apparently not.
Quick Unicode Input Tool does does work with the main key block when you
enter in hex mode. But you must start hex mode with Alt-Numpad-Period,
not Alt-Regular-Period
Jim Allan
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