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dypsis
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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: Alt Characters Not Working in AkelPad 4.3.0 |
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I just upgraded from v4.2.6 to v4.3.0.
Before I upgraded, Alt Characters were working.
Immediately after upgrading, I cannot get Alt Characters to work.
For example:
I tried to use Alt + 175 = »
I now have to use Notepad, and copy it to AkelPad.
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Surveyor
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome aboard! | dypsis wrote: | | Immediately after upgrading, I cannot get Alt Characters to work. |
Instructor has informed us that the NumLock must be on. Also, Alt+nnn must be done from the numeric keypad (obvious?); when NumLock is off, the navigation keys are active (Home, End, etc.) so Alt+nnn does not work. I suppose it bears mentioning that Alt+nnn can only represent characters that are available in your current display font - you can use the Character Map (Ctrl+I) to see which characters are available.
Other than that, it should work! Do another post with more details if it does not (Windows version, other applications in background, etc.). |
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FeyFre
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Try ALT+187 (in my environment 175 is "¯" not "»") |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| FeyFre wrote: | | Try ALT+187 (in my environment 175 is "¯" not "»") |
Have a look here at the Alt Codes reference sheet.
Or check out other Alt Codes sites. 
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dypsis
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Surveyor wrote: | Welcome aboard! | dypsis wrote: | | Immediately after upgrading, I cannot get Alt Characters to work. |
Instructor has informed us that the NumLock must be on.
Other than that, it should work! Do another post with more details if it does not (Windows version, other applications in background, etc.). |
Yes, I am aware of all the above. I am using the same font. I kept the same AkelPad.ini.
I have just gone back to v4.2.6, and it is working fine. It is only a problem with v4.3.0. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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dypsis
What character you get after Alt+187 and Alt+0187? |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Instructor wrote: | dypsis
What character you get after Alt+187 and Alt+0187? |
Nothing. It does nothing at all using v4.3.0. |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:34 am Post subject: AkelPad Plugins |
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In case this is caused by a Plugin conflict, here are the Plugins I am using.
MinimizeToTray v2.7
QSearch v2.2
RecentFiles v1.7
ToolBar v4.7
Autoload:
MinimizeToTray::Always
QSearch::DialogSwitcher
Toolbar::Main |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:51 am Post subject: |
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I turned off Autoload on the above Plugins, and restarted, but it still doesn't work.  |
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Instructor
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dypsis
1. Open character map "Main menu->Edit->Insert character (Ctrl+I)"
2. Find "»" character and see in status bar what Alt+Number you should type.
What character you get after Alt+175 and Alt+0175? From what country you are? What default codepage you have? |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: Character Map |
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@ Instructor.
Alt + 0187 appears to be the character in the Character Map.
But I cannot add it using the the Alt Codes. In fact, I cannot add any characters using Alt Codes.
But I can add them fine in Notepad and AkelPad v4.2.6.
I am in Australia.
Default Codepage: 1251 (ANSI - Latin 1)
I have tried a few different Ddefault Codepages, without luck. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:54 am Post subject: |
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dypsis
| Quote: | | In fact, I cannot add any characters using Alt Codes. |
Strange. Try this version. What you see? |
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Surveyor
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:38 am Post subject: |
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dypsis,
| dypsis wrote: | | Default Codepage: 1251 (ANSI - Latin 1) |
I hope this is a typo - 1251 is Cyrillic on my machine (XP SP2)!
You might also have a look here, re: trashing current registry settings.
Also, apparently some keyboard drivers may only recognize the left Alt key - try both. |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Surveyor wrote: | dypsis,
| dypsis wrote: | | Default Codepage: 1251 (ANSI - Latin 1) |
I hope this is a typo - 1251 is Cyrillic on my machine (XP SP2)!
You might also have a look here, re: trashing current registry settings.
Also, apparently some keyboard drivers may only recognize the left Alt key - try both. |
Sorry, It is a typo. This is what it is.
Default Codepage: 1252 (ANSI - Latin 1) |
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dypsis
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Instructor wrote: | dypsis
| Quote: | | In fact, I cannot add any characters using Alt Codes. |
Strange. Try this version. What you see? |
It is working. 
But I get a popup error message.
It says.
0.Char=[-2]
So why is v4.2.6 working fine, but not v4.3.0?  |
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