LC subscription and special characters

[Paul Dupuis]

Well, Microsoft is not consistent (not that I am surprised!)

ALT X number works in TextPAd, but not in MS-Word. The alternate method 
(mention in this MS support note: 
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-ascii-or-unicode-latin-based-symbols-and-characters-d13f58d3-7bcb-44a7-a4d5-972ee12e50e0) 
of type U+<hexNum> such as U+B5 for µ and then pressing ALT-X does work 
in MS-Word, but not in TextPad!

Neither method works in Livecode 9.6.7
So, not:
ALT + 00A9
ALT 00A9
ALT X 00A9
U+A9 ALT X


On 5/11/2022 5:10 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
> 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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