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Move ± from Portuguese to Special Characters in Quick Accent
Description of the new feature / enhancement
After I unchecked many languages I don't use in Quick Accent, I found that the plus-minus (±) sign (under the comma key) has disappeared. When I checked the code, I found that it is only included in the Portuguese character set. I am curious about what makes ± Portuguese only. On the other hand, the ∓ character is included in 'Special characters', and can be access through the + key. I think it makes sense to have ± there as well.
Can ± be moved (or copied to) Special characters, and be made accessible with the + key?
Scenario when this would be used?
- This would be useful for everyone who does not use Portuguese, but still wants to type ±
- I don't use ± often enough to remember it's under the comma key. Having it under + as well would save me from searching for it
Supporting information
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I noticed there's more than just the ± sign: In the Portuguese character definition (GetDefaultLetterKeyPT()) there is LetterKey.VK_COMMA => new[] { "≤", "≥", "≠", "≈", "≙", "±", "₊", "⁺" },, which I think is strange. None of these characters are specific to that language, and to have them under the , key is somewhat arbitrary. Most of them are also included in Special Characters, except ±, ₊ and ⁺.
I'd like to propose moving these three to Special Characters as well, and remove them from Portuguese
Can we also hang "±" (Plus-Minus Sign, U+00B1, Keystroke Alt+0177) on both the "-" and "+" keys?
"∓" (Minus-Plus U+2213) is attached to both the "+" and "-" keys, but Plus-Minus (unintuitively for me anyway) is only on the comma/< key.
Thanks!
I will close this in favor of #43457, which I'm currently working on. I missed that there was an older issue. Thanks for the report
