What's that Unicode character in my clipboard?
Notepad++ has a pre-installed plug-in called Converter that has a option to Convert ASCII to HEX and Vice-versa. This tool is quite useful as to convert data files that are in HEX format which are to be converted to ASCII to read:
That is how it works:
I work a lot with Unicode characters, so I have written a small Windows application specifically for this:
Unicode Character Informer (Documentation)
In addition, my text editor, Rejbrand Text Editor, has extensive Unicode character support.
When I'm faced with this problem, a quick Google search usually provides a quick answer. For example, when I google " unicode", I get a result like this:
I like this method because:
- It works on any computer with internet
- You don't have to install anything
- The keypresses required (Ctrl+C & Ctrl+T & Ctrl+V & Enter) are muscle memory actions for me, and probably for most other developers/typists.