[Peter]

On windows you can type ALT+XXX where X is a number, and it outputs the unicode symbol. I know there is the "Unicode Hex Input" but that uses seemingly different numbers to the windows equivalent.
Can i get the windows functionality on a mac?

[tooki]

Well Windows isn't using Unicode, it's using another text encoding (a version of ISO Latin 1, aka ISO 8859-1) called MS-Windows Character Set. That's why you're not getting what you expect.

tooki

[Peter]

can i get that char set for mac?

[TETENAL]

What is it that you actually want to do?

[Peter]

use the windows (4 digit) unicode codes on a mac

[CharlesS]

You know that you can get most of the commonly used characters that are based on the Roman alphabet with the option key (and a whole lot of the not-so-commonly used characters, too, if you use the US Extended character set), right?

[TETENAL]

Originally Posted by Peter 

use the windows (4 digit) unicode codes on a mac

No, what do you actually want to do? Like, do you want to write something in French, use special mathematical characters etc.?

[Peter]

its much much MUCH quicker to type Alt+Number than use a character pallete or re-learn new unicode 6 digit codes.
No clue what the user wants to use them for, he just asked me if it was possible and I said I'd find out

[Peter]

You know that you can get most of the commonly used characters that are based on the Roman alphabet with the option key (and a whole lot of the not-so-commonly used characters, too, if you use the US Extended character set), right?

as in you still have to type them, or it does something more complex? (Like create a drop down list, that'd be neat)

[TETENAL]

Originally Posted by Peter 

Like create a drop down list, that'd be neat

Edit->Special Character opens the character palette. You can find the characters you use regularly and add them to Favourites with the Action menu at the bottom left of the character palette window. Then switch to the Favourites tab and you have a double click list.

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by Peter 

its much much MUCH quicker to type Alt+Number than use a character pallete or re-learn new unicode 6 digit codes.
No clue what the user wants to use them for, he just asked me if it was possible and I said I'd find out

Since the MS Windows character set is proprietary to Windows, as you could guess by the fact that "Windows" is in its name, the answer is no. However, you should ask him what he wants to do. Chances are that whatever he's doing, the Option key will be able to accomplish with flying colors. For most things, it's a heck of a lot easier than memorizing all those ALT codes...

[alex_kac]

Also on the Mac many of the things that Windows requires you typing in a keycode on the mac its so much easier. For example a bullet is OPT-8. Or accents just type in OPT-e to get the forward accent and then the letter you want the accent to to show up on. For example é is OPT-e-e.

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Keep in mind that things are different on different keyboard layouts. Using Norwegian, opt-e gives é straight away. Opt-Q gives the • Bullet, and  is opt-A.

[©öñFü$íóÑ]

I hate Windows' way of accessing unicode characters via "ALT+####". If only there was a universal pop-up widget or something that both Mac and Windows users can use to access and type the same EXACT resulting unicode glyph.

In any case, here are my favorites..... (Arial Unicode MS)

♥×▀▄█▌▐■□▀▁▂▃▄▅▆▇ █▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▐♡❤

[Brass]

Originally Posted by ©öñFü$íóÑ 

I hate Windows' way of accessing unicode characters via "ALT+####". If only there was a universal pop-up widget or something that both Mac and Windows users can use to access and type the same EXACT resulting unicode glyph.

In any case, here are my favorites..... (Arial Unicode MS)

♥×▀▄█▌▐■□▀▁▂▃▄▅▆▇ █▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▐♡❤

wow... reminds me of using a Commodore 64 in 1983

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I ran into her on computer camp
(Was that in 84?)
Not sure
I had my commodore 64
Had to score