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Revision: 4690
          http://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=4690&view=rev
Author:   dmaphy
Date:     2010-02-21 22:45:21 +0000 (Sun, 21 Feb 2010)

Log Message:
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fix the instruction how to insert unicode characters

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/doc/geany.txt

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
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--- trunk/ChangeLog	2010-02-21 22:27:07 UTC (rev 4689)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	2010-02-21 22:45:21 UTC (rev 4690)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-02-21 Dominic Hopf <dmaphy(at)googlemail(dot)com>
+
+ * doc/geany.txt: fix the instruction how to insert unicode characters
+   (thanks Tony Rick)
+   
 2010-02-21  Enrico Tröger  <enrico(dot)troeger(at)uvena(dot)de>
 
  * scripts/create_py_tags.py:

Modified: trunk/doc/geany.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/geany.txt	2010-02-21 22:27:07 UTC (rev 4689)
+++ trunk/doc/geany.txt	2010-02-21 22:45:21 UTC (rev 4690)
@@ -1064,14 +1064,18 @@
 
 With GTK 2.10 and above, you can insert Unicode code points by hitting
 Ctrl-Shift-u, then still holding Ctrl-Shift, type some hex digits representing
-the code point for the character you want, then let go of Ctrl-Shift and
-hit Enter or Return.
+the code point for the character you want and hit Enter or Return (still
+holding Ctrl-Shift). If you release Ctrl-Shift before hitting Enter or Return
+(or any other character), the code insertion is completed, but the typed
+character is also entered.  In the case of Enter/Return, it is a newline, as
+you might expect.
+ 
 
-For this to work in Geany, you'll need to first unbind Ctrl-Shift-u
+In some earlier versions of Geany, you might need to first unbind Ctrl-Shift-u
 in the `keybinding preferences`_, then select *Tools->Reload Configuration*
 or restart Geany. Note that it works slightly differently from other GTK
 applications, in that you'll need to continue to hold down the Ctrl and Shift
-keys while typing the code point hex digits.
+keys while typing the code point hex digits (and the Enter or Return to finish the code point).
 
 For GTK < 2.10, it is also possible, but typing the first Ctrl-Shift-u
 is not necessary. One problem is that you may find the alphabetic


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