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Unicode Explained
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Unicode Explained

by Jukka K. Korpela
June 2006
Beginner content levelBeginner
688 pages
26h 18m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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a shortcut that has some connection with the character. For example, Alt-P
for a circled P is easy to remember. See Table 2-3 for some additional ideas. You
cannot use normal keys as such; you need to involve Ctrl, Alt, or AltGr (and op-
tionally Shift). However, as a second key, you can use a normal key as such (ex-
ample: Ctrl/ a).
Check that you are not going to override any existing shortcut you may need. The
existing setting, if any, can be seen under the text “Currently assigned to.”
Check that you are defining a shortcut for the right character (shown under Sym-
bol).
Remember to click on Assign before clicking on Close.
After defining the shortcut, check immediately that it works in the desired way.
You will be in a good position to fix things if needed; later, you might not remember
what you were really about to do.
It is a good idea to write down the assignments you have defined. You can, however,
check them later: select the character from the map and enter the dialog, and look
under “Current keys.”
As the plural “Current keys” suggests, you can define several alternative shortcuts
for a character. This can be a good idea especially if you are designing a working
environment for other people, who might not understand and remember quite
clearly whether they need to use Alt-P, AltGr-P, or Ctrl-P. However, there is then
a risk of overriding some shortcut definitions ...
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