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

[Paul A Norman]

Thanks Alain,

Is there any chance that an application on a person's computer using such a
key board would be likely to change the indirect coding (like Alt 123) as
well?

Paul

On 2 March 2012 03:03, Alain Delmotte <esperanto at swing.be> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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