Insert Symbol (symbol characters) Icon

[crutschow]

AAC has an Insert Symbol icon (below) that brings up a symbol characters table.
Would it be possible to add that to this site?

 

[Grossel]

Or possibly treating asc files as image files on forum, as I suggested some time back:

View uploaded asc files

disclaimer: This suggestion may be too expensive and/or breake several "terms of use" for the program that originally are dealing with the file format (I have no idea really). Anyway suggestion simply goes like this: If an user have uploaded an ASC file, some other user (that doesn't have...

www.electro-tech-online.com

 

[Ian Rogers]

I would like that as well.... AT the moment I have a text doc with all the ALT code tables

alt 0176 = °
alt 324 = Ω
etc..

 

[Visitor]

An easy way to get special symbols is to create a text document with the desired symbols, and copy/paste to add a symbol here.

 

[atferrari]

I would like that as well.... AT the moment I have a text doc with all the ALT code tables

alt 0176 = °
alt 324 = Ω
etc..

View attachment 130212

Quite useful, Ian.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Can't you just cut and paste from the Windows Character Map program?.

Ω°

Yes you can.

 

[alec_t]

Can't you just cut and paste from the Windows Character Map program?.

That's what I use. I keep a shortcut in the task bar.

 

[crutschow]

All those workarounds are fine but it is certainly still easier just to have the symbols available on the thread taskbar.
Or is that too much to ask?

 

[Pommie]

When I do alt 324 I get D not pi!!!! What font do you need to select. In fact, what is the default font here?

Mike.

 

[rjenkinsgb]

When I do alt 324 I get D not pi!!!! What font do you need to select. In fact, what is the default font here?

Same here, two different PCs, Win 7 & Win 10 - and no different if I try it in eg. Word rather than Chrome.

 

[Visitor]

I believe you must use the separate numeric key pad to type in an ALT code. So it doesn't work on a laptop or phone.

 

[Ian Rogers]

Sorry Typo
ALT 234 = Ω
But Pi is ALT 227 anyway, π !! " I did post the table.. Its not my fault I'm dyslexic "

 

[rjenkinsgb]

Again, they do not work for me - about half the ones I tried from the table give different results to what is shown.
234 gives Û
227 gives Ò
(If the characters are not consistent between browsers, those are a capital U with ^ and O with left angled ' accents; probably 219 and 210 in the chart).

 

[Ian Rogers]

Is your keyboard set to the correct country??
234.. Ω
227.. π
0219.. Û

Mine works okay... Keyboard = ENG.. Browser.. Edge..

 

[rjenkinsgb]

All the symbols match, £ @ ' ~ # etc. in the correct places..
And identical on two different PCs.

 

[Les Jones]

I get the same results as rjenkinsgb. I have tried three different PCs XP. Windows 7 and Windows 10.
Using the character map works correctly.

Les.

 

[Ian Rogers]

As I said... Works for me.. I'll ask for the link anyway... As I said.. I would like it available "one click" as it were..

 

[Ian Rogers]

To enable the entry of all Unicode characters by code, create a string registry value in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method called EnableHexNumpad with the value of 1. Then you'll be able to enter any character by holding down the right Alt key, pressing the + button on the numeric keypad, entering the hex code (2, 7, 1, 3 in your case), and releasing the Alt key. You may need to log off and back on before this input type is enabled.

 

[Visitor]

Which does not work on laptops without numeric keypads......

 

[augustinetez]

You could use BabelMap - https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html - Windows Character map replacement with 144,000 characters - sorry, no Linux version.