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How can I insert special characters (similar to ALT+number)?

Asked by Eduardo Klein

On Windows, I'd be glad if RedNotebook accepts special characters made by the combination of ALT + numbers.

I use RedNotebook to take notes of my daily language lessons. For exemple, when I study German, I'd like to input the ß character with the combination of ALT + 0223. That would be awesome! Now, I need to input it in another application and then copy & paste to Rednotebook.

I'm running RedNotebook 1.1.2 on Windows XP and Windows 7.

Thanks,
Eduardo Klein

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This question was originally filed as bug #730655.

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Jendrik Seipp (jendrikseipp) said : 		#1

The ALT codes are not supported by GTK which RedNotebook uses. You may want to try the following similar method:

Type u while holding down Ctrl + Shift. Release the keys and type the unicode value for the character you want to add.

For example for ß you would type Ctrl + Shift + u and then 00df. You can find all unicode numbers here: http://www.utf8-chartable.de/

I have tested this on Ubuntu, does it work on Windows too?

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Eduardo Klein (epklein) said : 		#2

Hi Jendrik.

Yes, that woks on GTK on Windows. I was able to input the special code in RedNotebook on Windows.

Thanks,
Eduardo Klein

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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Jendrik Seipp (jendrikseipp) said : 		#4

Method seems to work.

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Jendrik Seipp (jendrikseipp) said : 		#5

Jendrik Seipp suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #1694: “How can I insert special characters (similar to ALT+number)?”.

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