[Gimp-user] Before I file a bug report

[Ernie Wright]

David Gowers wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Noel Stoutenburg <mjolnir at ticnet.com> wrote:
>>
>> on my system (WIN XP Home SP3; Gimp 2.6.6) when I enter the "Alt +"
>> code for a special character, nothing happens, that is, the character
>> does not appear, and the cursor does not advance.
>
> Yes, this has never worked for me either (not only in GIMP, though --
> in almost every application)

Note that in order for this to work, you need to (1) HOLD DOWN the Alt
key while entering the character code, and (2) enter the 0 digit at the
start of the code.

- Ernie                                  http://home.comcast.net/~erniew