Defining keystrokes for special font characters.

hspier · Post by **hspier** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:17 pm

I use a font that has characters which are special symbols . None of these correspond to the characters listed under keyboard preferences. In Texpad can I define keystrokes to easily enter these.

Many thanks,
Harry

s_reynisson · Post by **s_reynisson** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:18 pm

One rather longish way would be to record a macro for each char and then assign a keyboard shortcut to the all the macros. I think you can still access any chars with the old <Alt-number> trick and that would be ideal to use in the macro, not copy paste, if possible that is. HTH

mo · Post by mo » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:17 am

I do a lot of this and have found that the most satisfying answer is a macro keypad. Mine cost $300 some many years (3) ago (and is like the keypads you sometimes see at checkout counters, which is what it was designed for), today I think one can pick one up for under $50.