AkelPad

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.

And suggestions?

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.).

Try ALT+187 (in my environment 175 is "¯" not "»")

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.

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.

dypsis
What character you get after Alt+187 and Alt+0187?

Instructor wrote:dypsis
What character you get after Alt+187 and Alt+0187?

Nothing. It does nothing at all using v4.3.0.

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

I turned off Autoload on the above Plugins, and restarted, but it still doesn't work.

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?

@ 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.

dypsis

In fact, I cannot add any characters using Alt Codes.

Strange. Try this version. What you see?

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.

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)

Instructor wrote:dypsis

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?