Looking for Unicode character entry macro
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:23 pm
In Linux, you can insert unicode char directly, whith the sequence
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+, [hexadecimal code], space
In Windows it doesn't work. Some Microsoft apps have a conveniente shortcut: type the hexadecimal code for the char, and follow with [Alt]+[X] (reference: http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsof ... nicode.htm). There's no such thing in OpenOffice for Windows, AFAIK.
How you can implement a macro that works like the [Alt]+[X] method above? When you call the macro, it chances the precedent word into the unicode char equivalent?
I'm thinking in Unicode for writing figurine chess notation, using these chars:
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+, [hexadecimal code], space
In Windows it doesn't work. Some Microsoft apps have a conveniente shortcut: type the hexadecimal code for the char, and follow with [Alt]+[X] (reference: http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsof ... nicode.htm). There's no such thing in OpenOffice for Windows, AFAIK.
How you can implement a macro that works like the [Alt]+[X] method above? When you call the macro, it chances the precedent word into the unicode char equivalent?
I'm thinking in Unicode for writing figurine chess notation, using these chars:
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Fig. Hex. Dec.
♔ 2654 9812
♕ 2655 9813
♖ 2656 9814
♗ 2657 9815
♘ 2658 9816
♙ 2659 9817
♚ 265A 9818
♛ 265B 9819
♜ 265C 9820
♝ 265D 9821
♞ 265E 9822
♟ 265F 9823