Em 23/04/2023 14:25, Gunnar Hjalmarsson escreveu:
Well, both ways work in some environments. Only the way described in
GNOME Help works for me on Ubuntu, for instance.
Actually, that specific docs section was rewritten a few years ago. And
I'm guilty of that.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-user-docs/-/commit/10201c14
The conclusion from the discussion in the related bug was that it's best
to describe the universally working method rather than a method which
only works for some users.
I see. But what i am suggesting here is another change. In the current
version of the documentation, it is not clear where the *ctrl* and
*shift* keys should be released. Your change removed this "detail". Now,
it is ambiguous. I released them after *typing* (where "*typing*" is to
"*press and release*") _all_ the five keys: *u* and the _4 digit hex
character code_, in this order. You released them after *typing* the *u*
key. If one of these methods do not work, the ambiguity should be
removed - right? Mentioning when the *ctrl* and *shift* keys should be
released solves it, in my opinion.
My environment is Debian with Mate Desktop. It started forking from
Gnome 2. This explains why both, where they work, for me: the are
software which it does not work at all; for these, i started to use any
other open window, which is usually open - and i have the habit of
always having the Pluma text editor opened in all my virtual desktops,
and it works in it.