Oddly, it is working now. It only shows after I let up the ctrl-shift, maybe I was holding it down assuming I would see the symbol right away.
Anyway, thanks for the help! Mike On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hans, > > Just starting out, trying to get the trademarkR. I hold down the > Ctrl-Shft and then type UAE, but I get a weird box with little circles. > > Ctrl-Shft never gets me anything useful that I can see. > > What am I doing wrong ? I tried with and without caps lock set. I tried > them as a sequence, I tried the hold down and type method. > > I am using Win 7. Dia ver 0.97.2 > > Any help is appreciated. > > Mike > > > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Hans Breuer <h...@breuer.org> wrote: > >> At 04.09.2012 13:49, Michael Ross wrote: >> >>> For a moment my spirits rose as I held the Alt key and typed in 0176. >>> �But >>> nothing so simple works in Dia.� >>> >>> It's Gtk+ which does not support it. See >> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=148386#c14<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148386#c14> >> >> for the discussion. Basically the Windows specific Alt+### is >> superseeded by Ctrl+Shift+Uxxx - with xxx being the hexadecimal unicode. It >> works directly on canvas and in edit controls. Use e.g. Ctrl+Shift+UAE for >> the registered trademark sign. Ctrl+Shift+U80 for ° and Ctrl+Shift+U81 for >> ± can not currently test due to lack of numeric keypad. >> >> -------- Hans "at" Breuer "dot" Org ----------- >> Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to >> get along without it. -- Dilbert >> ______________________________**_________________ >> dia-list mailing list >> dia-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/**mailman/listinfo/dia-list<https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list> >> FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq >> Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia >> >> > > > -- > Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? > *Dalai Lama * > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. > Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > *Warren Buffet* > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 550-2430 Land > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google > Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > (919) 513-0418 Desk > > michael.e.r...@gmail.com > <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> > > > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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