David Gowers wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Noel Stoutenburg <mjol...@ticnet.com> wrote: >> >> on my system (WIN XP Home SP3; Gimp 2.6.6) when I enter the "Alt +" >> code for a special character, nothing happens, that is, the character >> does not appear, and the cursor does not advance. > > Yes, this has never worked for me either (not only in GIMP, though -- > in almost every application)
Note that in order for this to work, you need to (1) HOLD DOWN the Alt key while entering the character code, and (2) enter the 0 digit at the start of the code. - Ernie http://home.comcast.net/~erniew _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user