Ahmost 0 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I have been using Evernote for quite some time now and finally upgraded to Premium. I regularly make use of (predicate logic) symbols to keep sentences short and neat in planners and notes in general. Most alt codes work just fine (e.g. →; ^; ¬; ≡; ±). However, for some reason one that I would like to use very much is the not equal to symbol (i.e. ≠). I know that the symbol is (stritcly) Unicode, but Evernote is capable of handling the character, as I can copy/paste it just fine. I feel that it shouldn't be necessary to do this. Am I overlooking something? Vale, Thomas Link to comment
Level 5 Dave-in-Decatur 3,942 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Can you tell me how you enter such characters? I'm curious for my own use, and I'd like to test the not-equal character. I feel like I should know this, but apparently I don't. Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,736 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 22, 2019 7 hours ago, Ahmost said: Most alt codes work just fine ... not equal to symbol (i.e. ≠) On my Mac I type Alt/Option = I don't know if there's a Windows equivalent If using ALT codes, it's Alt + 8800 Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 22, 2019 Did a web search fpr "windows typing ≠ symbol".. It's evidently not easy on Windows, see https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-≠-not-equal-sign-on-keyboard. Flip side, as an old C programmer, I just use != Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,652 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 22, 2019 In the UK (or maybe it's just me) two greater than / less than characters means 'not equal' - "><" Never had a need to look into this before, and assumed there'd be an ASCII code if nothing else; but I agree - this is surprisingly hard in Windows! Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 22, 2019 49 minutes ago, gazumped said: In the UK (or maybe it's just me) two greater than / less than characters means 'not equal' - "><" I thought that went the other way, i.e., '<>'. At least you find that in Pascal, Basic, and probably others. '><' is kinda like driving on the wrong side of the road... 😆 2 Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,652 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 22, 2019 Typo? Or maybe just because we drive on the right side of the road. Rest of the world? Not so much... 1 Link to comment
Don Dz 165 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 For unique characters, or anything i use often enough, I find it less work to use a text replacement app or script, rather than having to remember alt codes. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted August 22, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, gazumped said: Typo? Or maybe just because we drive on the right side of the road. Rest of the world? Not so much... *We* drive on the right side of the road, and you drive on the left side. Right is right, and left is... not so much... 😝 2 Link to comment
dcon 166 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 21 hours ago, jefito said: Did a web search fpr "windows typing ≠ symbol".. It's evidently not easy on Windows, see https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-≠-not-equal-sign-on-keyboard. Flip side, as an old C programmer, I just use != Well, it's easy now! I copy/paste the character from here! charmap.exe is another way. But my usual is google-search to either find a copy/pastable character, or the alt-code. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted August 23, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 23, 2019 6 hours ago, dcon said: But my usual is google-search to either find a copy/pastable character, or the alt-code. Yeah, me too on copy/paste. I can't remember any alt-codes any more, though. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted August 23, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/22/2019 at 12:56 PM, jefito said: I thought that went the other way, i.e., '<>'. That's how you do it in Excel. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted August 23, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, CalS said: That's how you do it in Excel. Yup, that too. I think that the "<>" vs "><" might just be a colonial vs ex-empire thing... Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted August 23, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, jefito said: Yup, that too. I think that the "<>" vs "><" might just be a colonial vs ex-empire thing... Wonder how Excel works in ex-Empire, though I might wager a few quid it is <>. Link to comment
dcon 166 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 17 hours ago, jefito said: I can't remember any alt-codes any more, though. The comic Pearls Before Swine hit that on the head yesterday (the 23rd). 2 Link to comment
dcon 166 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 16 hours ago, CalS said: Wonder how Excel works in ex-Empire, though I might wager a few quid it is <>. I remember hearing people <insert applicable word/> that the function names (etc) are actually translated too. Meaning if you open an english excel sheet in french, it's not likely to work. Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,081 Posted August 24, 2019 Level 5 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Actually this is true- function names in Excel are localized. I came from real programming languages and had a very hard time to unlearn all that when I started with a German Excel installation years ago. It did not even accept the English standards as an alternative. I do not remember whether in the background it works when you send a sheet from a German installation to (say) Italy. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted August 24, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 24, 2019 37 minutes ago, dcon said: I remember hearing people <insert applicable word/> that the function names (etc) are actually translated too. Meaning if you open an english excel sheet in french, it's not likely to work. Need some British Excel expertise to clear the air. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted August 24, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, dcon said: The comic Pearls Before Swine hit that on the head yesterday (the 23rd). Ha-ha. I haven't seen that comic before, but yeah, welcome to my world. Evernote is actually helpful for remembering techy details like alt code, MIME types for Evernote searches, etc., but then you need to remember how you categorized them and it all goes to recursive hell... 1 Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,081 Posted August 24, 2019 Level 5 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Simply load the Oxford dictionary into that note, and I assure you: You do not need to remember anything, with any word you will be able to search and find it ! Link to comment
Level 5 Dave-in-Decatur 3,942 Posted August 24, 2019 Level 5 Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 4:22 PM, jefito said: Yeah, me too on copy/paste. I can't remember any alt-codes any more, though. 6 hours ago, dcon said: The comic Pearls Before Swine hit that on the head yesterday (the 23rd). 4 hours ago, jefito said: Ha-ha. I haven't seen that comic before, but yeah, welcome to my world. Evernote is actually helpful for remembering techy details like alt code, MIME types for Evernote searches, etc., but then you need to remember how you categorized them and it all goes to recursive hell... Yeah, Pearls is one of the very best. I haven't wasted spent as much time looking at it lately. Need to catch up. Link to comment
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