Update: I found the solution (Work-around) to this problem by myself (No thanks to any of you :P) within a somewhat short period of posting. At the time of this writing, I have slightly more than half a dozen windows open but it was totally worth it.
I will have the solution posted as a comment to temporarily bump this thread.
Here is the original post:
I tried searching the web. I tried. This is about the only time I've asked for help from a community. Anyways, I'm having troubles typing special symbols in Minecraft, like these within the brackets: ( ¥ ¢ £ ¤ ¡ ). As you can see, I can type them fine (I could have copy-pasted but I didn't, I absolutely refuse to copy-paste). In Minecraft, however, it is a different story. When I go to chat or open a book and quill and do alt+0165 I get nothing, and no other codes work either. When I do alt+anything I either get nothing or the alt key is ignored; for that I mean, alt+g gives plain g, but alt+number pad yields nothing. If you are confused at what I'm getting at, let me give you an example of what I mean.
I used to be able to use "¥" for instance, when I was playing on a Mac. All I had to do was option(alt)+y and I got "¥" in the Minecraft chat box. I can't do this on Windows. (But I have heard others have)
I've tried both alt keys.
I've tried not using the num pad, and it just ignores the alt key.
I've tried a different keyboard.
I've tried to try.
I just want to get my special symbols "£" to work in Minecraft chat without having to copy-paste. Maybe assigning the right alt to be an "AltGr" through editors somehow could work? I'm just speculating. <(This method seems to be far from a solution)
Any ideas as to why Windows refuses to let me have fun with special characters in Minecraft chat is appreciated.
Additional notes:
- I tried using Minecraft's Java 8 rather than my 7. (No result)
If you look above, my post still shows what my old problem was, and it states that I found a solution to it too, which is also true.
Here in this comment is my Work Around to type special characters in Minecraft chat. With the simple press of leftAlt+Y to get ¥ (Yen), for example. (Or even do rightAlt+Y to get something else!)
Now, for those of you that don't want to click the link and\or just want an explanation, I am providing one.
Spoiler so that things don't get cramped:
Okay, so basically, the idea of a work around for my issue is ignited by the fact that Windows (or maybe just my keyboard) isn't very good at letting me use special characters. This ignition allowed me to finally find a work around, which is an application called AutoHotkey that uses scripts which do different things. One of their uses is allowing keyboard combinations to input any kind of character! It's somewhat simple if you grasp the idea:
By getting AutoHotkey (If you installed it correctly) and right-clicking the desktop, hover over "New" then click "AutoHotkey script". Name this script whatever you want. After naming it, right click it then click "Edit". Inside, you type the following:
!r::
{
SendInput {®}
}
Return
After that, save the script (closing the window and clicking "yes" in the prompt works). Now just double-click the script and viola!
The above script is just an example, and I will give a break-down of what it means if you need more info:
The "!" tells the script that the first thing you want to press is "Alt" on your keyboard.
The "r" tells the script you want to press "R" on your keyboard after Alt.
The "::" (Double Colon) is important to put after these.
On the next line is "{" a curly bracket, which tells the script there is code to be inserted. Make sure it faces the correct direction.
On the next line is "SendInput" which is code to tell the script to input a character. {Capitalization of "S" and "I" are important!)
After "SendInput" is "{®}" Which tells the script what character you want. Basically, just copy-paste "®" or do alt+0174 within the curly brackets.
On the next line is "}" which tells the script you are done inputting code on that line.
On the next line is "Return" which is important to capitalize as well.
That's all there is to know about scripting in AutoHotkey (For what we're doing). Other useful tips:
If you want to have multiple characters bound to one ending key (Like the letter "E"), you can make it so that the first combination key is leftAlt or rightAlt or even Ctrl! All you have to do for a specific Alt key is type a "<" before the "!" for left Alt like this "<!e::" on the first line. And for rightAlt just do ">" before the "!" like this ">!e::" on the first line. Here's an example of if you want "£" and "Ë" on the "E" key:
<!e::
{
SendInput {£}
}
Return
>!e::
{
SendInput {Ë}
}
Return
Now, when you do leftAlt+E you get "£". And you get "Ë" when doing rightAlt+E. Crazy, right?! Also, I left out that you can replace "!" with "^" if you prefer Ctrl over Alt. But I don't suggest it. (I also assume you can do "<^e::" in much the same way as with Alt)
By the way, the above example works as one script! That's what "Return" is for.
If you're having a hard time getting AutoHotkey on their page (Which you can get to their page through the page I linked. lol), just find the "Other Releases" section and click the most recent versioned link to AutoHotkey directly under it (Version 1.1 at the time of typing). In there should be a list of downloads, and what you want to get is an AutoHotkey download link that has "Install.exe" on it. (Of the most recent version of course)
There should be no ads involved so it's fairly simple.
I'm sure I accidentally left something out in the spoiler so just let me know if I need to add more.
I Hope this may help others that experience this issue, too!
Thanks for reading.
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Update: I found the solution (Work-around) to this problem by myself (No thanks to any of you :P) within a somewhat short period of posting. At the time of this writing, I have slightly more than half a dozen windows open but it was totally worth it.
I will have the solution posted as a comment to temporarily bump this thread.
Here is the original post:
I tried searching the web. I tried. This is about the only time I've asked for help from a community. Anyways, I'm having troubles typing special symbols in Minecraft, like these within the brackets: ( ¥ ¢ £ ¤ ¡ ). As you can see, I can type them fine (I could have copy-pasted but I didn't, I absolutely refuse to copy-paste). In Minecraft, however, it is a different story. When I go to chat or open a book and quill and do alt+0165 I get nothing, and no other codes work either. When I do alt+anything I either get nothing or the alt key is ignored; for that I mean, alt+g gives plain g, but alt+number pad yields nothing. If you are confused at what I'm getting at, let me give you an example of what I mean.
I used to be able to use "¥" for instance, when I was playing on a Mac. All I had to do was option(alt)+y and I got "¥" in the Minecraft chat box. I can't do this on Windows. (But I have heard others have)
I've tried both alt keys.
I've tried not using the num pad, and it just ignores the alt key.
I've tried a different keyboard.
I've tried to try.
I just want to get my special symbols "£" to work in Minecraft chat without having to copy-paste.
Maybe assigning the right alt to be an "AltGr" through editors somehow could work? I'm just speculating.<(This method seems to be far from a solution)Any ideas as to why Windows refuses to let me have fun with special characters in Minecraft chat is appreciated.
Additional notes:
- I tried using Minecraft's Java 8 rather than my 7. (No result)
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Edits: 2
If you look above, my post still shows what my old problem was, and it states that I found a solution to it too, which is also true.
Here in this comment is my Work Around to type special characters in Minecraft chat. With the simple press of leftAlt+Y to get ¥ (Yen), for example. (Or even do rightAlt+Y to get something else!)
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Thank you for the introduction bold text!
Now, also thanks to this website link for showing me a way of a work-around for my issue, and also for creating an easy way to get special characters! Here it is: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21187/insert-any-special-character-with-a-single-keystroke/
Now, for those of you that don't want to click the link and\or just want an explanation, I am providing one.
Spoiler so that things don't get cramped:
Okay, so basically, the idea of a work around for my issue is ignited by the fact that Windows (or maybe just my keyboard) isn't very good at letting me use special characters. This ignition allowed me to finally find a work around, which is an application called AutoHotkey that uses scripts which do different things. One of their uses is allowing keyboard combinations to input any kind of character! It's somewhat simple if you grasp the idea:
By getting AutoHotkey (If you installed it correctly) and right-clicking the desktop, hover over "New" then click "AutoHotkey script". Name this script whatever you want. After naming it, right click it then click "Edit". Inside, you type the following:
!r::
{
SendInput {®}
}
Return
After that, save the script (closing the window and clicking "yes" in the prompt works). Now just double-click the script and viola!
The above script is just an example, and I will give a break-down of what it means if you need more info:
The "!" tells the script that the first thing you want to press is "Alt" on your keyboard.
The "r" tells the script you want to press "R" on your keyboard after Alt.
The "::" (Double Colon) is important to put after these.
On the next line is "{" a curly bracket, which tells the script there is code to be inserted. Make sure it faces the correct direction.
On the next line is "SendInput" which is code to tell the script to input a character. {Capitalization of "S" and "I" are important!)
After "SendInput" is "{®}" Which tells the script what character you want. Basically, just copy-paste "®" or do alt+0174 within the curly brackets.
On the next line is "}" which tells the script you are done inputting code on that line.
On the next line is "Return" which is important to capitalize as well.
That's all there is to know about scripting in AutoHotkey (For what we're doing). Other useful tips:
If you want to have multiple characters bound to one ending key (Like the letter "E"), you can make it so that the first combination key is leftAlt or rightAlt or even Ctrl! All you have to do for a specific Alt key is type a "<" before the "!" for left Alt like this "<!e::" on the first line. And for rightAlt just do ">" before the "!" like this ">!e::" on the first line. Here's an example of if you want "£" and "Ë" on the "E" key:
<!e::
{
SendInput {£}
}
Return
>!e::
{
SendInput {Ë}
}
Return
Now, when you do leftAlt+E you get "£". And you get "Ë" when doing rightAlt+E. Crazy, right?! Also, I left out that you can replace "!" with "^" if you prefer Ctrl over Alt. But I don't suggest it. (I also assume you can do "<^e::" in much the same way as with Alt)
By the way, the above example works as one script! That's what "Return" is for.
If you're having a hard time getting AutoHotkey on their page (Which you can get to their page through the page I linked. lol), just find the "Other Releases" section and click the most recent versioned link to AutoHotkey directly under it (Version 1.1 at the time of typing). In there should be a list of downloads, and what you want to get is an AutoHotkey download link that has "Install.exe" on it. (Of the most recent version of course)
There should be no ads involved so it's fairly simple.
I'm sure I accidentally left something out in the spoiler so just let me know if I need to add more.
I Hope this may help others that experience this issue, too!
Thanks for reading.