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0 pointsmark-r8y ago0 comments

If I need a special character, I find a web page or document that has it and use copy/paste.

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jiggunjer8y ago· 1 in thread

I have an A4 pinned next to me with all the windows Alt codes. Old-school methods are fastest and I subconsciously learn them by heart over the years.

mark-rOP8y ago

Nice idea. I don't need them often enough to bother. Do you have a source for the chart?

fish_fan8y ago· 1 in thread

Even then the character pallete built into MacOS is much more convenient for searching, saving, and inputting.

mark-rOP8y ago

The character palette built into Windows uses too small a font, I find it almost useless. And the size is not adjustable. I've been tempted on more than one occasion to write my own.

devindotcom8y ago

Yeah. Can't count how many times I've just googled "yen" or "e with accent" because I can't remember the shortcut.

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