Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:18:20 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:49 -0700
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes: 

On 29.08.2024 04:07, Janis Papanagnou wrote: =20 

On 29.08.2024 02:04, Keith Thompson wrote: =20 

>
If there's an easy way to type non-ASCII characters like
'=C2=B7' that works across different systems, including all
the various terminal emulators used on Windows and Linux (as
well as MacOS, but I don't happen to use it), I'd love to know
about it.  =20 

=20
I don't think there can be a portable or consistent way to
create that character. Incidentally (I just tried a few keys) I
can get the '=C2=B7' by typing "Alt GR" and ',' (on my DE
keyboard). [...] =20 

>
Keith, what does your keyboard produce when typing <Alt>-<7> ?
>
On my US keyboard it produces the '=C2=B7'. Don't know whether
that is reliable, though. (I don't think it is; e.g. my
Thunderbird doesn't expand any character when entering <Alt>
combinations.) =20 

=20
It produces the two-character sequence Escape 7.
=20 

>
Which 7? The one on numeric pad produces =E2=80=A2 in quite a lot of
contex= ts.
The character appears after release of Alt key.
 

 
The numeric pad ALT-'7' produces <esc>[H (home cursor).

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