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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:02:46 +0300
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:59:49 -0700
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:

> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
> > On 29.08.2024 04:07, Janis Papanagnou wrote: =20
> >> On 29.08.2024 02:04, Keith Thompson wrote: =20
> >>>
> >>> If there's an easy way to type non-ASCII characters like '=C2=B7' that
> >>> works across different systems, including all the various terminal
> >>> emulators used on Windows and Linux (as well as MacOS, but I don't
> >>> happen to use it), I'd love to know about it.  =20
> >>=20
> >> I don't think there can be a portable or consistent way to create
> >> that character. Incidentally (I just tried a few keys) I can get
> >> the '=C2=B7' by typing "Alt GR" and ',' (on my DE keyboard). [...] =20
> >
> > Keith, what does your keyboard produce when typing <Alt>-<7> ?
> >
> > On my US keyboard it produces the '=C2=B7'. Don't know whether that
> > is reliable, though. (I don't think it is; e.g. my Thunderbird
> > doesn't expand any character when entering <Alt> combinations.) =20
>=20
> It produces the two-character sequence Escape 7.
>=20

Which 7? The one on numeric pad produces =E2=80=A2 in quite a lot of contex=
ts.
The character appears after release of Alt key.