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The release notes to TextPad 9.6.0 (November 2, 2024) mention the command EditUnicode (Alt+x). I cannot see it in my version 9.8.2. Am I missing anything? It is not in the Edit menu, and I cannot find the command under Customise / Commands / All commands.

The command is actually EditUnicodeChar:


To use it, type the hex code of the character you want, immediately followed by Alt+X. If there's any ambiguity due to adjoining characters, select the ones you want to convert before typing Alt+X.

It was even named as such in 8.4.2 (from 2020) already:

bbadmin wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:17 pmtype the hex code of the character you want, immediately followed by Alt+X

For me it works in the reverse order:

1. press <Alt>+<X> first
2. in the displayed edit box, type the hexadecimal code
3. press <Enter> to end the process and "create" the character

Wouldn't make sense to me in any other order anyway.

This behavior was changed in TextPad 9.6.0 and 8.20.0. The command no longer creates an edit control to type the hex digits in, it uses the ones before the caret in the document. The advantages are that it also converts the single character to the left of the caret to its hex code, when it's not ambiguous, and you don't also need to press Enter.

Thank you. I was looking in Customize / Commands instead of Preferences / Keyboard / Commands. I wrongly assumed the set of commands is the same.