I still use Alt-keypad characters regularly here, specifically for the
degrees character Alt-248  (example =B0C)

-Jim

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
RussellMc
Sent: 21 December 2012 07:07
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: [OT]:: In your dreams

I was just showing someone how, if, you held down the Alt key on an IBM PC
style keyboard and keyed in numeric codes on the right hand number pad,
that you would get the character for the equivalent code.
Then I woke up.

As I recall I showed them that if you keyed Alt-41 that you got "A" etc,
whereas (of course) you have to key Alt-65  ($41 =3D dec(65) ) to get an A.=
)
Whether this was memory failure or dream translation I'm not sure.

I can't recall when I last used this capability "in anger" while awake.
Memory fails to suggest exactly when, but it does not seem to have been too
long ago (ie years rather than decades).

I do recall using it a few years back when a Chinese hotel PC keyboard
insisted on producing Chinese characters and I was not (then) aware of the
very simple means of toggling between keyboard languages (typically
ctrl-shift cycles)
I used Wordpad and cut & paste plus Altxx to produce a message :-).



          Russell
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