Thread: Suggestion for Improving the "Insert Special Character" Feature
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Old 09-13-2026, 04:08 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
I just don't understand how it's any handier or faster than having a shortcut to the inherent OS character utility (not that I'm advocating for the complete removal of Sigil's Insert Special Character dialog). Can someone explain it to me?
Only that the built-in dialog inserts characters directly into the active document, while all known external tools AFAIK copies the selected character(s) into memory and thus requires the user to insert it (CTRL+V on Windows). Not a big deal, but still an extra keystroke.

(I do not advocate the removal of the Sigil Built-in utility. Personally I wouldn't need neither 128, 256 or 512 configurable characters – 16 would be practical – like in LibreOffice's Special Characters configurable "preferred"-line – but in no way indispensable.)

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Kim
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