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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/12/2020 16:39, Samuel Gougeon
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cite="mid:ba9e8dcd-74a7-5722-07b1-77aa6db6e224@free.fr"><font
size="+1"> As well, i must confess that having a ALT+X or any
other keys shortcut able to convert a series of 2 to 4 input
unicodes to the corresponding character -- as proposed in wish
#16505 -- would be of almost no help to me, because i do not
remember unicodes of any non-ascii characters. Who does? Such a
ALT-X shortcut is used for instance in the -- yet great -- <i>Inskscape</i>
free drawing software. Then, each time that a greek letter or
another symbol must be used, we need to find its unicodes in an
extra document (most often on internet). It's definitely not
handy.</font></blockquote>
<font size="+1">I agree with you here.</font><font size="+1"><br>
It is not a good idea to use such a shortcut that replicates what
is already present at the OS level: on linux for example
Crtl+Alt+Maj+u allows to type the unicode of a character (like 3BB
for λ). Equivalent shortcuts exist under Windows and MacOS.<br>
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</font><font size="+1">From my personal experience, my preferred
implementation is the one used by Julia: type the LaTeX macro
(like \lambda for λ) then Tab and you get the unicode character.</font><font
size="+1"><br>
I assume implementation something like that in Scilab is quite a
lot of work...</font><br>
<p><font size="+1">Your proposition might be a good compromise
between ease of implementation and usefulness.<br>
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<p><font size="+1">Cheers,</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Antoine<br>
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