Chapter 2 - Tutorial
1. Getting started
Start Gnome Character Map :-)
2. Select characters
Choose the character you want to select.
If you decided, click on that character.
Now you will see the selected character appear in the top edit box.
3. Select more characters
Repeat the above step until you think you're finished.
4. Copy or cut to clipboard
Click now on the "Copy" or "Cut" button, depending on what you want to do.
You can also use the menu or toolbar instead of the button.
5. Paste from clipboard
Switch to your text editor, word processor, whatever.
Now press the middle mouse button (or emulate it by press both left and right mouse button).
The text is now pasted!
Why doesn't the text get pasted?
If you try to paste the text from clipboard but it doesn not appear, then there are two resons why:
- You closed Gnome Character Map after you copied the text to clipboard.
X is not like Microsoft Windows; if you shut down an application, any data written to the clipboard by that application is lost.
The golden rule: paste the text first, then shut down Gnome Character Map.
- You click at the wrong place in your editor/whatever! You shut click at the text-editing area.