Incidentally, this functionality has been available on x86 PCs for
decades, and was prominently displayed inside the back cover of the
WordPerfect 5.1 manual (circa 1990). I haven't looked lately (no WP
manual) and didn't look back then, but I think it directly called the
decimal ASCII value for the character, including the double-byte
characters. You needed a keyboard with a 10-key number pad, which
means that most of today's laptops are crippled.
I was the only person I knew who liked WordPerfect, primarily because
of this feature. I became a disgruntled former user when the WP
publisher released WP 5.2, buried this functionality, and slapped a
GUI on top of the app that slowed it down to 1/5 its previous speed.
73
Jim N6OTQ
On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 4:34 AM Kenneth Greenough via groups.io
<g8beqglossop@...> wrote:
On just about any PC keyboard you can type a ? by holding down <Alt>, typing 2 3 0 on the numeric keypad, and releasing <Alt>. In some applications NumLock must be on for this to work. I have a table of the numbers for common electrical symbols taped on the edge of my monitor, so I can type things like ¦¸ or ¡Ì-1 8 ¦² ¦Ð.
Steve Hendrix
Thank you Steve, Something I never knew before, now I'll have to spend a few hours exploring.
regards ken G8BEQ
