LC subscription and special characters

[Paul Dupuis]

In Livecode 9.6.7 STABLE under Windows 10, I create a new stack with a 
single new scrolling field. I switch to run mode (pointer tool) and with 
a blinking insertion bar in the field, tried:

ALT+00A9
and
ALT00A9

Which should have produced a © symbol

Neither worked. I tried several other Unicode codes. None worked.

Bug https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18702 should be reopened
It may be related to bug 
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23688 as the optionKeyDown 
(ALT key on Window) message is completely broken


On 5/11/2022 11:37 AM, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote:
> Here is the bug report. It was reported as fixed as of LV 9.0.3 RC1.
>
> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18702
>
>
> On May 10, 2022, at 11:54 PM, jbv via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
>
> Thank you for your reply.
> Obviously, it was possible in earlier versions of LC.
>
> So, could someone be kind enough to make a quick test with the most recent versions of LC, by typing text inside a field, if special characters can be used, like alt+144 for É, and possibly on azerty and qwerty keyboards ?
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Le 2022-05-10 17:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode a écrit :
> I thought I recalled a bug in the LC engine where using the keyboard
> method of typing the character code, press ALT, and then press X. For
> example, to type a dollar symbol ($), type 0024, press ALT, and then
> press X, didn't work in Livecode. However, I just tried searching the
> Livecode Quality Center for a bug number and couldn't find it so
> perhaps I am mis-remembering.
>
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