Also, don't forget that Zim has its own typing shortcut for non-keyboard characters. The manual says you can type backslash SYMBOL-NAME space to get most of the named special characters from HTML. See this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references. For example, if I type "\Yacute ", it gets converted by Zim to "Ý". This works on all Zim-suported platforms.
Again, we'll see if we can get the host OS's ALT+nnn method to work too in a future release. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Brendan Kidwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Zim is a Python application that depends completely on the GTK+ framework > for interacting with the display and input devices, as well as a few other > things. I don't think Zim does anything special with GTK+'s keyboard input > functions, so the problem may be in GTK+ on Windows, not with Zim itself. > > I can't immediately find a solution based on the assumption that it's a > problem with GTK+. (It may be a Zim-specific problem.) > > If you find any further clues or evidence, please post them on a bug > report I created for this issue: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1245274 . Also, subscribe to that bug > to find out when it gets resolved. I'll see if I can squash it or identify > the root cause and pass it to Jaap before the end of the current release > cycle. > > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Marco Cevoli <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi André, >> >> I'm aware of that. I exactly described my problem in my previous >> message. The ALT+key combination works in every program except >> Zim-Wiki, so it's obvious that there's an issue with it. :) >> >> Bests >> >> >> Marco Cevoli >> Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. >> Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> http://www.marcocevoli.com >> [email protected] >> t 34 675 800 826 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> My t-shirt shop: http://vulnavia.spreadshirt.net >> My latest projects: http://www.qabiria.com, http://www.allerglobal.com >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:11 AM, andré <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Marco Cevoli a écrit : >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> if I try to type a special character using ALT + (code) on the numeric >> >> pad, nothing happens. For instance, I would like to add accented >> >> capital E (È) or curly double quotes and I can't. >> >> >> >> Any hints? >> > >> > >> > In the Microsoft environment you can always install the >> > "US International" character set, which uses the standard US keyboard, >> > adding accents and other special characters via alt + key (or maybe >> control >> > + key). >> > Alternately you can install the character set for your localisation >> (Italian >> > ?). >> > Note that you can have more tnan one character set installed, and switch >> > between them as you wish. >> > I forget the details for installing and using the different character >> sets >> > in the Microsoft environment. (I use Linux.) >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Marco Cevoli >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > André >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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