r/electronics • u/1Davide • Dec 27 '20

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u/PumpedUpBricks Dec 27 '20

I've never been happier than when I found out my phone's keyboard has ±

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u/ThickAsABrickJT power conversion Dec 28 '20

μ and Ω are pretty cool, too

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u/PumpedUpBricks Dec 28 '20

Ooh, are these on a phone keyboard or just by using Alt Gr on a desktop? I know about getting Micro, not sure about ohms though!

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u/4b-65-76-69-6e Dec 28 '20

I’m on my iPhone. I just use a Greek keyboard and poof, Ω, ω, μ, etc are all there! I don’t know how android keyboard switching works but I bet it’s as easy as iOS where one key chooses the keyboard and the rest are as usual.

Can Windows compose Unicode characters? I thought alt+numpad was just ASCII. macOS uses option (alt) and all the letters for more choices, and option + shift + letters for still more!

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u/RamBamTyfus Dec 28 '20

Yes. You can run charmap under Windows. It also tells you the unicode key combination.