I'm trying to type Unicode characters in Notepad++ (v7.8.4), and it isn't working. This procedure should enter a Unicode character: Hold down Alt, press the numeric keypad's + key, then enter the Unicode character's four-digit code on the numeric keypad (using the main keyboard for A-F).
When I do this, at least a couple of different things happen, depending on the character I tried to enter.
With "discretionary hyphen" (U+00AD): When I enter the fourth digit, Notepad++ opens a pop-up menu which asks whether I want the character to be defined in English, multiple languages, etc. I select "multiple languages." The menu closes. At this point the character should appear in the file, but it does not. Character encoding UTF-8 is selected; I have selected View > Show Symbol > Show All Characters; Notepad++ shows special characters for CR/LF, etc., but none for the Unicode characters I tried to enter.
With "dollar sign" (U+0024): The
+
appears in text, followed by Ctrl-X. This is exactly what should happen if I try to enter an ASCII character through the numeric keypad (Alt with numeric keypad '024').
In other posts I saw that some users prefer to enter special characters through Run > Charmap, but my Notepad++ has no such menu entry.
What is happening? How can I fix it?