[OWW-SC] EditTools helper enabled (Greek characters, etc).

[Tom Knight]

On our pages, the micro (mu) and degree sign are so common that I  
think they deserve special attention.  I don't have a clear idea of  
what to do, but this feature (for me) does not help. It's easier to  
type μ and °


On Nov 10, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Bill Flanagan wrote:

> We've added a feature to help displaying special characters and  
> character string to OpenWetWare documents. If you've used this  
> feature in Wikipedia, it now works exactly the same in OpenWetWare.
>
> When you edit any page or choose to download a new file,  
> OpenWetWare will now display a list of characters and tags at the  
> base of the page. By clicking on any of these characters or tags,  
> the ascii code will be inserted into the page being edited at the  
> current cursor location.
>
> The range of special sequences includes the following:
>
> MediaWiki Markup
> Greek
> Cyrillic
> Other special characters.
>
> All of the current special tags supported by OpenWetWare will be  
> included in the list.
>
> If there are special vocabularies or character sets anyone wants  
> add to this list, please consult with me. We can add them quickly.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Flanagan
> OpenWetWare.org
>
>
>
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