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[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 22:39:24 -0800, Bob wrote:
>It is a bit of a pain to use on a laptop that does not have a separate
>numeric keypad.  You need to turn on NumLock.  On my laptop it makes
>the keys under the 7, 8, and 9 keys the numeric keypad.  You have to
>turn on NumLock press Alt then enter the numbers release the Alt then
>turn off NumLock to continue normally.  But as I mentioned in another
>post it does not seem to work using Ubuntu.

Hi,

if the environment you are using with Linux shouldn't provide an option
to enable the numpad automatically, you could autostart  numlockx  from
the package named  numlockx  . How to autostart it, depends on the
used window manager or desktop environment.

As already explained, at least by default

  Alt+a_number_typed_on_the_numpad

doesn't work when using Linux.

Alternatively GTK applications provide

  Shift+Ctrl+U

an then typing a hex (not decimal) number with or without using the
numpad. Not all applications are based upon GTK, so this at least by
default, doesn't work for all applications.

Regards,
Ralf