LC subscription and special characters

[Paul Dupuis]

According to Microsoft, for Windows 10, Unicode typing is now ALT X <number>

This works for me in TextPad Press and hold ALT and X together a box 
appears in Textpad to enter the Unicode number into. Once 4 digits have 
been entered the character appears.

It does not work in LC 9.6.7 STABLE in a new stack with a new scrolling 
field.

-- Paul

On 5/11/2022 4:41 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
> 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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