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The problem is that µ is usually hard to type (unless you have a Greek keyboard or a custom keyboard mapping). This said, although I tolerate stuff like "47 uF"
by ale42 3mo ago
The problem is that µ is usually hard to type (unless you have a Greek keyboard or a custom keyboard mapping). This said, although I tolerate stuff like "47 uF" in electronic schematics (also because legacy software didn't even allow the µ symbol), I definitely find horrible to see stuff like "us" instead of "µs" in an article.
- voidUpdate 3mo agoI just googled it to type my comment. And if you're using it enough to need quick access, you can do alt + 0181 on your numpad on a windows system
- laveur 3mo agoAnd it's option-m on a Mac.
- ale42 3mo agoMight be AltGr-m on Linux (didn't try).
- wowczarek 3mo agoAs a (very) frequent "µ" user (and several others like ± and Δ and °) I've had the alt codes memorised for ages but having recently, out of necessity and a bit of a nomad lifestyle, moved to a "tenkeyless" keyboard (the horror), I simply macroed it, but I find it refreshing that some keyboard layouts simply include it. I have an obscure pocket 8-bit with an even more obscure OS written in Sweden that also has µ.
- ale42 3mo agoThat's what I do, actually, although I use Alt+230 because I remember the code from CP437.
- Tuna-Fish 3mo ago... that's weird. It's alt gr+ m on every recent finnish keyboard, apparently it's not on us ones?
- ale42 3mo agoOn which OS? On Windows, with the Swiss German layout AltGr+m does nothing. Probably the same on US ones.
- Tuna-Fish 3mo agoAll of them. And it's not just an os thing, it's usually printed in the bottom right corner of the M key, the same way € is in the corner of the E key.
- voidUpdate 3mo agoDepends on your layout. My € is in the corner of my 4 key, and the only alt letters I get are accented vowels, ¦ and €. I use a UK English keyboard and windows