From: Stephan Bergmann on
On 01/11/10 16:02, J.J. Vastiau wrote:
> I need to write documents supporting the game of Bridge and thus need to be
> able to use the symbols for the colors.
>
> If my document is in Arial, I can find the symbols using the "insert special
> caracter" command. For spades, it says it corresponds to U+2660. I guess
> this U=2660 is some shortcut to avoid the routine of "insert special
> caracter". How does it work?

"U+2660" is common jargon to refer to the Unicode character with scalar
value 2660 (hexadecimal), see <http://www.unicode.org>. It depends on
your operating system whether and how you can input arbitrary Unicode
characters via special shortcuts.

-Stephan

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From: Eustace on
On 2010-01-11 10:02 J.J. Vastiau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to write documents supporting the game of Bridge and thus need to be
> able to use the symbols for the colors.
>
> If my document is in Arial, I can find the symbols using the "insert special
> caracter" command. For spades, it says it corresponds to U+2660. I guess
> this U=2660 is some shortcut to avoid the routine of "insert special
> caracter". How does it work?
>
> Thanks and regards
>
>
>
> Jean-Jacques VASTIAU
>
> jjv(a)telenet.be
>
>
>
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
>
> -- Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III

It is simpler to ascribe the characters to Autocorrect > Replace.

emf

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From: "J.J. Vastiau" on
Can you give me a few details?

Thks& rgds



Jean-Jacques VASTIAU

jjv(a)telenet.be


Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

-- Albert Schweitzer


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From: news [mailto:news(a)ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Eustace
Sent: 23 January, 2010 1:32 PM
To: discuss(a)openoffice.org
Subject: [discuss] Re: Card games symbols

On 2010-01-11 10:02 J.J. Vastiau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to write documents supporting the game of Bridge and thus need
> to be able to use the symbols for the colors.
>
> If my document is in Arial, I can find the symbols using the "insert
> special caracter" command. For spades, it says it corresponds to
> U+2660. I guess this U=2660 is some shortcut to avoid the routine of
> "insert special caracter". How does it work?
>
> Thanks and regards
>
>
>
> Jean-Jacques VASTIAU
>
> jjv(a)telenet.be
>
>
>
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
>
> -- Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III

It is simpler to ascribe the characters to Autocorrect > Replace.

emf

--
It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation
https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/bd/itaintmebabe.html


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From: Johnny Rosenberg on
2010/1/23 Eustace <emfril(a)gmail.com>:
> On 2010-01-11 10:02 J.J. Vastiau wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to write documents supporting the game of Bridge and thus need to
>> be
>> able to use the symbols for the colors.
>>
>> If my document is in Arial, I can find the symbols using the "insert
>> special
>> caracter" command. For spades, it says it corresponds to U+2660. I guess
>> this U=2660 is some shortcut to avoid the routine of "insert special
>> caracter". How does it work?

In Ubuntu, press Ctrl+u → release keys → press the code → press ↵ (Enter).
In Windows and MacOS X I don't know.

OT: I actually created my own keyboard layout to include all the
characters I think I need - 4 characters/key, I can even type with the
arrow keys (←↑↓→⬄↔↹⇨, Enter key (↵¶), Tab key (⇤⇥), Delete key (⌦⏏)
and more…
♢ (AltGr+Shift+y), ♣ (AltGr+y), ♡ (AltGr+Shift+u), ♠ (AltGr+u)

If you don't have a Unix-like OS, you can probably, as a workaround,
create four simple macros that insert those characters for you and
then assign them to a keyboard shortcut or you could create four
buttons and assign the macros to them.

Regards

Johnny Rosenberg


>>
>> Thanks and regards
>>
>>   Jean-Jacques VASTIAU
>>  jjv(a)telenet.be
>>
>>
>> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
>>
>> -- Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
>
> It is simpler to ascribe the characters to Autocorrect > Replace.
>
> emf
>
> --
> It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation
> https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/bd/itaintmebabe.html
>
>
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From: "J.J. Vastiau" on
Unfortunatly, I am in Windows with OpenOffice



Jean-Jacques VASTIAU

jjv(a)telenet.be


Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

-- Albert Schweitzer


-----Original Message-----
From: Johnny Rosenberg [mailto:gurus.knugum(a)gmail.com]
Sent: 23 January, 2010 8:27 PM
To: discuss(a)openoffice.org
Subject: Re: [discuss] Re: Card games symbols

2010/1/23 Eustace <emfril(a)gmail.com>:
> On 2010-01-11 10:02 J.J. Vastiau wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to write documents supporting the game of Bridge and thus need
>> to be able to use the symbols for the colors.
>>
>> If my document is in Arial, I can find the symbols using the "insert
>> special caracter" command. For spades, it says it corresponds to
>> U+2660. I guess this U=2660 is some shortcut to avoid the routine of
>> "insert special caracter". How does it work?

In Ubuntu, press Ctrl+u → release keys → press the code → press ↵ (Enter).
In Windows and MacOS X I don't know.

OT: I actually created my own keyboard layout to include all the characters I think I need - 4 characters/key, I can even type with the arrow keys (←↑↓→⬄↔↹⇨, Enter key (↵¶), Tab key (⇤⇥), Delete key (⌦⏏) and more… ♢ (AltGr+Shift+y), ♣ (AltGr+y), ♡ (AltGr+Shift+u), ♠ (AltGr+u)

If you don't have a Unix-like OS, you can probably, as a workaround, create four simple macros that insert those characters for you and then assign them to a keyboard shortcut or you could create four buttons and assign the macros to them.

Regards

Johnny Rosenberg


>>
>> Thanks and regards
>>
>> Jean-Jacques VASTIAU
>> jjv(a)telenet.be
>>
>>
>> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
>>
>> -- Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
>
> It is simpler to ascribe the characters to Autocorrect > Replace.
>
> emf
>
> --
> It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation
> https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/bd/itaintmebabe.html
>
>
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