From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] 'Compose' key and Unicode characters
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:36:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ff22a07aa9fb8f031261405cd261c9d@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGMcHPoztp6bsBcvJ-B91rV9zuLK9O_MXRkNOgeAsFvx5m0VKw@mail.gmail.com>
> I'm aware there are shortcuts for some of these (including ±) in
> "lib/keyboard" but I could not get the +- shortcut to work. I discovered
> it's because I wasn't using numpad keys (I'm on a laptop), when I do it
> works as expected.
>
> I'm assuming it's because of the 'shift' key in between to get the + and -
> symbols and I'm wondering if it is meant to work with shift or does it
> intentionally only work with the numpad?
it does work with my keyboard, and the usb keyboard i tried.
the compose sequences are processed after scan codes or usb
codes have been turned into characters, so i don't think it's
a keyboard mapping issue, unless + or - don't produce the
expected output. that's a mystery!
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-17 18:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-17 18:12 Riddler
2014-04-17 18:36 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2014-04-17 19:46 ` Steve Simon
2014-04-17 19:53 ` erik quanstrom
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