For the "insert Symbol" plugin you can also define your own shortcuts. So if you find yourself using "\Egrave" a lot you can edit the config file and define e.g. "\Eg" or even "\E" to insert this symbol.
I considered also supporting "\nnn" to insert values numerically, bit decided against it because I can never remember all those codes myself, and figured symbol names make more sense for this feature. Regards, Jaap On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Marco Cevoli <marco.cev...@gmail.com>wrote: > Brendan, > > thanks a lot. Of course it's a GTK+ issue, not directly Zim's, sorry > for the misunderstanding. BTW, this has a very low priority for me, so > put it in your to-do list accordingly. > > I wasn't aware of the other typing shorcut. Thanks! That feature > totally solves my problem! > > Bests > > > Marco Cevoli > Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. > Technical translator. Graphic designer. Joiner-of-dots. > ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.marcocevoli.com > i...@marcocevoli.com > 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 10:08 PM, Brendan Kidwell <sn...@glump.net> wrote: > > ... I forgot to mention you need to have the "Insert Symbol" plugin > turned > > on for Zim's method to work. > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Brendan Kidwell <sn...@glump.net> > wrote: > >> > >> 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 <sn...@glump.net> > 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 <marco.cev...@gmail.com > > > >>> 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 > >>>> i...@marcocevoli.com > >>>> 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 <and...@laposte.net> 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 : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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