[SOLVED] UTF8 Keyboard entry

[Richard Marriott]

Hi
I am using Lazarus 3.4 on Linux Mint 20.3.
I set up a form with a DBGrid, datasource, and TBufDataset with an ftString field.
I can enter any unicode character into the ftString field by holding down Ctrl-Shift, typeing 'Uxxxxxx' (without the quotes and where the x are unicode numbers) and then releasing Ctrl-Shift.
The unicode character appears in the DBGrid control. So all good,

When I switch to my Windows 10 machine and try the same thing it doesn't work.
Is there a different combination of keys for Windows?

[paweld]

1. Press and hold Alt,
2. type + (on the numeric keypad),
3. now type in the hexadecimal codepoint sequence: 1, F, 6, 0, 0,
4. and finally release Alt.

https://unicode-explorer.com/articles/how-to-type-unicode-characters-in-windows

[Thaddy]

Although Paweld's suggestion is Windows, that is also applicable to Linux Mint et all. As per your question.

[Richard Marriott]

Thanks for the help. Works fine now.

[Richard Marriott]

Sorry, jumped the gun a bit. I have now had time to play a bit more:

In Windows 10 (my rig) and Lazarus 3.4 The Alt and + approach works fine BUT
      1. I had to add the EnableHexNumpad entry to the Registry
      2. It only works with up to 4 hex digits. See [url][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input#In_Microsoft_Windows/url]
You can use either the main keyboard or the numeric pad to enter the code.

In Linux Mint and Lazarus 4.0 I could not get this to work so have stayed with the Ctrl-Shift method.