[oXygen-user] Entering Unicode characters
Syd Bauman
Tue Oct 28 12:24:13 CDT 2008
> on Mac OS X, there is a character palette, available under the
> Keyboard menu.
On Mac OS X you can also use "Unicode Hex Input" as your input
method. To do so
* launch System Preferences
* choose "International"
* choose the "Input Menu" tab
* scroll down the list to "Unicode Hex Input" (which is very near the
bottom) and check it
* optional: check "Show input menu in menu bar" -- very helpful, as
it shows you at a glance which input keyboard you are using, and
using one while you think you're using another can be the source of
significant confusion and thus frustration
Now, while in oXygen or any other Unicode-aware editing environment,
you can enter Unicode characters via their 4-digit (hexadecimal)
code-points. To do so:
* select "Unicode Hex Input" as the keyboard from the keyboard menu
(often shows up as a national flag)
* type the four hex digits while holding down OPTION. E.g.,
opt-0 opt-3 opt-C opt-0
inserts a GREEK SMALL LETTER PI.
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