[dba-Tech] Special characters

On 2014-05-16 5:38 AM, Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough wrote:
> Hi Arthur
>
> Ctrl+Alt+e usually gives me the e-acute, but when I went to prove it here, I get the Euro symbol... if I add shift into that combination, I get a capital E-acute. But that's on my UK installation, and I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't work on yours.

Those work in Word, but they do nothing for me in non-Microsoft editors. 
Can you get those characters that way in, say, TextPad or Notepad++? If 
so, how?

My solution has been to keep this wee printout taped to the bottom left 
corner of the laptop ...

a with grave accentàALT 133ÀALT 0192

a with circumflexâALT 131ÂALT 0194

a with trémaäALT 132ÄALT 142

ae ligatureæALT 145ÆALT 146

c with cedillaçALT 135ÇALT 128

e with acute accentéALT 130ÉALT 144

e with grave accentèALT 138ÈALT 0200

e with circumflexêALT 136ÊALT 0202

e with trémaëALT 137ËALT 0203

i with circumflexîALT 140ÎALT 0206

i with trémaïALT 139ÏALT 0207

o with circumflexôALT 147ÔALT 0212

oe ligatureoeALT 0156OEALT 0140

o with trémaöALT 0246ÖALT 0214

u with grave accentùALT 151ÙALT 0217

u with circumflexûALT 150ÛALT 0219

u with trémaüALT 129ÜALT 154

French quotes«ALT 174»ALT 175

Euro,plus-minus EURALT 0128±ALT 0177




PB

>
> Actually, I wonder if I have an auto-replace set up for that... as it doesn't replace it in the subject line!
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 11:32 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Special characters
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> I frequently have need to type the symbol for Euros, and also a few characters used in French, especially e-acute. I know I can use charmap etc. but I'd prefer to lose that sidetrack and just enter the Alt+number keystroke combination. Anyone know offhand the ASCII numbers for these characters?
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