First, just to establish the scenario:
Located within help documentation, more specifically at "Enter special characters", more specifically the two paragraphs on "code points"...
At this location, the second paragraph says "To enter a character by its code point, hold down Ctrl and Shift, type u followed by the four-character code point, then release Ctrl and Shift. "
Here now is what's new, the specific issue:
In version 13.10 i have found it necessary to "hold down Ctrl and Shift, type u, THEN RELEASE SHIFT, followed by the four-character code point...( etc)"
The point i'm making is, those three uppercase words i added are (as of 13.10) a necessary part of the process described by that paragraph of help documentation.
Finally, on a separate note, i do appreciate very much that this Linux distribution exists, thanks to all of you·all's efforts.
I've used it only a few months but am totally sold, and already am strongly encouraging a close friend to switch to Ubuntu
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-docs 13.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 5 05:31:04 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-11 (268 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-03-22 (13 days ago)
Thanks for reporting this. Nice catch! :)