That old thing.... - Page 2

Cyclefrance · 01-08-2006, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And where's the Euro sign?

We haven't bothered with one 'cos we know it ain't gonna last...!

Actually - cannot find it - have tried help/troubleshooting options but no joy - guess will just type the word as have done so far

€ is in Word under symbols .... just copied and pasted

Undertoad · 01-07-2006, 12:48 PM

Yes, how do you form a pound symbol?

I mean, an octothorpe?

wolf · 01-08-2006, 12:09 PM

I would get very confused with your keyboard, Cycle. Very confused. Because now I can't find the question mark or virgule.

wolf · 01-08-2006, 02:49 PM

ALT 0128 yields €

Cyclefrance · 01-08-2006, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

ALT 0128 yields €

Must be a different combination over here - that just throws me back to the beginning of the Cellar page we are on...

wolf · 01-08-2006, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Must be a different combination over here - that just throws me back to the beginning of the Cellar page we are on...

It's not supposed to do that. I'm having the same problem.

All right, who stole my damn ALT codes this time??

(It's working fine in my word processor, it's just here in The Cellar that things have messed up. UT, is there some newly installed vBulletin shortcuts of which we've run afoul?)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2006, 12:13 AM

alt 0128 doesn't work for me either.
UT must be trying to control the oil market with dollars.

Happy Monkey · 01-09-2006, 01:02 AM

€

Are you using the numeric keypad? The number row won't work.

Cyclefrance · 01-09-2006, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

€

Are you using the numeric keypad? The number row won't work.

Thanks HM. Laptop at home doen't have a separate keypad - they are intergrated into the alpha keys and accessed via the function key. Will let you know if any combination of function+alt plus the requisite numbers does anything for me later (in office right now)...

wolf · 01-09-2006, 02:11 AM

Yes, absolutely the numeric keypad. Never occured to me to try the number row.

I somehow end up with the blog view doing that now.

And I know it worked in the past. I use ALT codes a lot, especially the M-width dash, the trademark symbol, and the degree mark.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2006, 04:56 AM

€!!!... keypad it is, thanks HM.

BigV · 01-09-2006, 02:23 PM

mjk8

Hmm....

€

€

€

Ok, a little monkeying around has resulted in partial success with this problem.

I, too, am posting from a laptop keyboard. I am accessing The Cellar (now, as always) with Firefox, on a machine running fully patched XP Pro, SP2. The Euro signs above are displaying nicely in my quick reply box, and I expect they'll turn up in the post in a minute too. But, I could not produce them in the quick or advanced reply text input boxes. I took the same key combo I expected to work over to Notepad, and it worked just fine. Cut and paste brought into the reply box.

My conclusion is that the combination of Firefox and the Cellar's text input boxes intercept the codes and treat them in some special way (like moving the cursor to the search box for the Google toolbar) before Windows can display the character.

The combination of (either) Alt PLUS Fn (in blue on my Dell laptop keyboard) and the corresponding (blue) keys representing 0128 (mjk8) produces the Euro symbol. It is critical to use the numbers for the "embedded numeric keypad" as the numbers at the top of the keyboard will not work for this purpose. But not in The Cellar. On other browser based text input situations (Google), it does make the symbol.

Conclusion:

Type it somewhere else, and copy it into your post.

Cyclefrance · 01-09-2006, 03:37 PM

€

managed to produce that from my Dell laptop (just bought a basic inspiron 1300 as my 6-year-old Acer Travelmate was on its last legs...) by holding down alt and fn keys and then tapping 0128 sequence.

So seems to work OK from basic Dell board without any additions...

BigV · 01-09-2006, 04:26 PM

€

Brilliant!

Works for me, too!

My previous troubles were from trying to get the thing to work using NumLock. Your more elegant solution is much better. Thank you.

mrnoodle · 01-09-2006, 04:57 PM

€

01-08-2006, 12:09 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I would get very confused with your keyboard, Cycle. Very confused. Because now I can't find the question mark or virgule. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-08-2006, 02:49 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	ALT 0128 yields € __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-09-2006, 12:13 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	alt 0128 doesn't work for me either. UT must be trying to control the oil market with dollars. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-09-2006, 01:02 AM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	€ Are you using the numeric keypad? The number row won't work. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-09-2006, 02:11 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yes, absolutely the numeric keypad. Never occured to me to try the number row. I somehow end up with the blog view doing that now. And I know it worked in the past. I use ALT codes a lot, especially the M-width dash, the trademark symbol, and the degree mark. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-07-2006, 12:48 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yes, how do you form a pound symbol? I mean, an octothorpe?

01-09-2006, 04:56 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	€!!!... keypad it is, thanks HM. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-09-2006, 02:23 PM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	mjk8 Hmm.... € € € Ok, a little monkeying around has resulted in partial success with this problem. I, too, am posting from a laptop keyboard. I am accessing The Cellar (now, as always) with Firefox, on a machine running fully patched XP Pro, SP2. The Euro signs above are displaying nicely in my quick reply box, and I expect they'll turn up in the post in a minute too. But, I could not produce them in the quick or advanced reply text input boxes. I took the same key combo I expected to work over to Notepad, and it worked just fine. Cut and paste brought into the reply box. My conclusion is that the combination of Firefox and the Cellar's text input boxes intercept the codes and treat them in some special way (like moving the cursor to the search box for the Google toolbar) before Windows can display the character. The combination of (either) Alt PLUS Fn (in blue on my Dell laptop keyboard) and the corresponding (blue) keys representing 0128 (mjk8) produces the Euro symbol. It is critical to use the numbers for the "embedded numeric keypad" as the numbers at the top of the keyboard will not work for this purpose. But not in The Cellar. On other browser based text input situations (Google), it does make the symbol. Conclusion: Type it somewhere else, and copy it into your post. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 01-09-2006 at 02:25 PM.

01-09-2006, 03:37 PM	#13
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	€ managed to produce that from my Dell laptop (just bought a basic inspiron 1300 as my 6-year-old Acer Travelmate was on its last legs...) by holding down alt and fn keys and then tapping 0128 sequence. So seems to work OK from basic Dell board without any additions... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

01-09-2006, 04:26 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	€ Brilliant! Works for me, too! My previous troubles were from trying to get the thing to work using NumLock. Your more elegant solution is much better. Thank you. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-09-2006, 04:57 PM	#15
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	€ __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh Last edited by mrnoodle; 01-09-2006 at 04:58 PM. Reason: no edit, i just wanted to show that i could do it, too. yay me.

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