[texworks] How to enter placeholder in auto-completion file

[Per Ting]

Wow, that is lengthy. Is there shortcut (as in MAc, suggested by Herb)?


On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Per,
>
> On a Windows machine,
>
> 1. Position the cursor in TeXworks where you want it.
>
> 2. Turn Number Lock on (leave it on)
>
> 3. Keeping the Alt key down.
>
> 4. On the numeric key pad type 0149
>
> 5. Release the Alt key.
>
> You should have a bullet.
>
> Here is a quick reference for a few of the other possible combinations.
>
>    http://www.nationalfinder.com/html/char-asc.htm
>
> A more comprehensive guide (including unicode is here)
>
>    http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm
>
> And of course
>
>    http://www.unicode.org/charts/About.html
>
> Paul
>
> On 4 March 2011 11:08, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 3, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Per Ting wrote:
> >
> >> I am wondering how I can enter the small black placeholder circle using
> >> standard American English keyboard (on PC and Mac) in a local
> >> auto-completion file. The recently posted Texworks manual does not say
> >> anything about this.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Per
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > Don't know how to do that on a Windows machine but you should be able
> just type Opt-8 on a Mac to produce the bullet character which is what that
> mark really is.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > Herb Schulz
> > (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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