Alt+numpad character codes no longer working

[omh...@gmail.com]

Hello --

First of all, thanks to Peter for a great piece of software I've used for eight years now! Today, having recently acquired a new computer, I finally took the plunge and upgraded from version 1.1, which I've been using all this time. On this change, I've encountered one snag which is certainly not critical, but nevertheless slightly annoying.

Being a Windows user, I've become accustomed to using the "Alt+0xxx" way of entering characters not directly available on the keyboard. For instance, if I need the character "ç", I hold the Alt key while typing "0231" on the numpad (as I did just there in this sentence). Now, when I tried to enter a new question with a "ç" to my database, the question field just cleared, so that it contained only the "ç" when I'd punched Alt+0231.

A couple of experiments revealed what had happened: At the moment I pressed the "2" on the numpad while holding the Alt key, the GUI treated this as a push of the "2" button, and entered the card. For whatever reason, this did not happen in version 1.1; there, the initial-grade buttons did not react while entering an Alt-code.

Does anyone know a workaround for this? As I said, I guess it's not really a big deal, but it is a bit disruptive until I've got used to the change...

Thanks for any enlightenment you can provide!

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OleM

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

1.1 is almost ten years old, congratulations on upgrading :-)

As you've noticed, many things have changed. E.g., now there's a keyboard shortcut so that people can select an initial grade when adding cards. I cannot turn off this feature without upsetting people who have been using it since 2012 :-)

But can I suggest that you work with different keyboard layouts in Windows? Switching between keyboard layouts can be done with a keypress as well, and then keypresses will be interpreted as happening on that new layout. In terms of total number of keypresses required to input a certain character, it should be roughly equivalent to Alt+0xxxx method, but obviously requires you to relearn some things.

Cheers,

Peter

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[omh...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the reply!

I certainly see why you wouldn't disable this feature when it has been well established. Looking back at 1.1, it seems those buttons didn't react to Alt+2 etc at all at that time, while Ctrl+2 etc worked for initial grading. (I was coincidentally reminded of the Ctrl functionality just now, when a tip mentioning it popped up in 2.5.)

I may look into your keyboard layout suggestion, thanks again!

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Best regards
OleM