Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators

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From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators
Date	Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:49 -0700
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
> On 29.08.2024 04:07, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>> On 29.08.2024 02:04, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>> If there's an easy way to type non-ASCII characters like '·' that
>>> works across different systems, including all the various terminal
>>> emulators used on Windows and Linux (as well as MacOS, but I don't
>>> happen to use it), I'd love to know about it. 
>> 
>> I don't think there can be a portable or consistent way to create
>> that character. Incidentally (I just tried a few keys) I can get
>> the '·' by typing "Alt GR" and ',' (on my DE keyboard). [...]
>
> Keith, what does your keyboard produce when typing <Alt>-<7> ?
>
> On my US keyboard it produces the '·'. Don't know whether that
> is reliable, though. (I don't think it is; e.g. my Thunderbird
> doesn't expand any character when entering <Alt> combinations.)

It produces the two-character sequence Escape 7.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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about some potentially interesting unicode operators fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-28 01:58 +0200
  Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-28 14:17 +0000
    Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 12:46 -0700
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 13:30 -0700
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-28 23:15 +0000
        Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 17:04 -0700
          Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-29 04:07 +0200
            Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-29 17:17 +0200
              Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-29 09:59 -0700
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-29 23:02 +0300
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-08-29 20:18 +0000
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-29 23:32 +0300
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-08-29 21:24 +0000
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-30 13:50 +0300
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-29 13:41 -0700
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-30 03:16 +0000
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-29 21:35 -0700
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-31 00:01 +0000
          Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-29 05:58 +0000
          Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-08-29 12:51 +0200
    Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-28 23:13 +0000
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-29 03:36 +0200
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-29 10:45 +0200
  Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-28 23:11 +0000
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