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Re: unicode
by Troy Unrau on Wednesday 31/Jan/2007, @08:41
It's because most keyboards do not have a key to input an arrow, that's all.

How would you write an arrow in a text box on most keyboards? -> obviously. :)

Using the same arrow in the output - well, that may not be necessary.
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Re: unicode
by Med on Wednesday 31/Jan/2007, @15:02
"How would you write an arrow in a text box on most keyboards? -> obviously. :)"

alt-gr+i works quite well. It is the default on quite a few X keyboards layouts.
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  • Re: unicode
    by Carsten Niehaus on Thursday 01/Feb/2007, @01:48
    Actually, most people don't know that. Also, Kalzium is not X-specific but also works on Mac and Windows where you usually don't have a X-Server.
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  • Re: unicode
    by Kjetil Kilhavn on Saturday 03/Feb/2007, @15:38
    AltGr + i --- cool! I didn't know that.
    The things one can learn from reading the .news!
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  • Re: unicode
    by Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen on Monday 05/Feb/2007, @01:41
    alt-gr... That's one of those keys that don't exist on all keyboard, right? at least i don't have one on my keyboard ;) (powerbook g4 - yes, i was pretty surprised to find out that key was missing too)
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  • Re: unicode
    by Chani on Wednesday 07/Feb/2007, @20:39
    what is the "gr" in alt-gr? I don't think I've ever seen anything labelled gr on a standard keyboard.
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Re: unicode
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday 31/Jan/2007, @18:41
Sorry, yes, I'm just referring to the onscreen output, not the keyboard input. :)
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