[texworks] Alt+123 doesn't produce '{'

[Alain Delmotte]

Hi!

Le 1/03/2012 4:31, Paul A Norman a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> I am sitting here looking at my keyboard thinking there is a
> lovely capital square bracket that makes a { for me ... so
> why would someone want to make a { by typing Alt 0123 (note
> the 0 would be needed for some codes to work - but not for a
> {  ).

Norman, this is most probably a problem of not US/QWERTY 
keyboard.

For me on a Belgian AZERTY keyboard it is very difficult to 
get É, À,... under TeXworks.
If I want the { I have to use AltGr+ç (that is the key with ç-9)

I think this has already been noted in the problem list.

Regards,

Alain

>
> So then I think has niverde changed their windows control
> page code, (Edit/Preferences) TeXworks editing
> font, (Edit/Preferences) TeXworks editor code page, or
> something so that you actually do need to type Alt 123 to
> get a capital opening square bracket... {
>
> Have you tried to reassign something in another
> programme/application that effects the whole operating
> system? Perhaps answered a question during an install of
> another application?
>
> Or was Alt 123 just an example, and you can actually still
> just type a } on your key board when you want it?
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 1 March 2012 04:16, Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com
> <mailto:st.loeffler at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     On 2012-02-29 13:52, niverde at anche.no
>     <mailto:niverde at anche.no> wrote:
>      > Help me! The command 'alt 123'  do not  produce '{'
>     but 'i' in my
>      > TeXworks editor. I would like restabilish  it.
>
>     It works as expected for me on Windows XP...
>
>     Did you try other "alt" codes? Do they produce the
>     expected characters?
>     If not, is there a pattern to it?
>
>     HTH
>     Stefan
>
>