Key Curry

Unicode Input Methods in Key Curry

Key Curry Documentation for version 1.0α © 2010, 2011, 2012 by Edward H. Trager. All Rights Reserved. Initial Demo Release April 19, 2010; Initial Public Release on Unifont.org April 11, 2012

1.0. Unicode Hex Value Input Method

Key Curry provides a Unicode input method that supports direct conversion of Unicode hex values to Unicode characters.

For the basic multilingual plane, type a lowercase letter “u” followed by a sequence of four hex digits. For the supplementary plane, type an uppercase letter “U” followed by a sequence of five hex digits.

Key Curry supports direct entry of Unicode hex values.

2.0. Unicode Symbol Names Input Method

This input method engine allows you to type partial or full names of Unicode symbols to obtain a pick list of symbols whose names match the search key. Type the search key in lower-case letters. Then select the matching entry that you want by typing the corresponding ordinal 1-9, or corresponding capital letter A-Z. You can also choose an entry by clicking on it with the mouse.

Unicode Symbol Name IME example.

This method currently supports entry of all Unicode v. 6.0 Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) symbols.