Special Characters

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 17:14 -0600, Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> nomnex wrote:
> 
> > I used to simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Shift> and <U> keys.
> > Release "U" key and enter Unicode symbol's hex code
> 
> Holy Moley! But you have to memorize the unicode hex code for each character. 
> You're right, it doesn't work in KDE.
> 
> > Linux compose key sequences method is a gem
> 
> I like them, too, for some of those character that I forget how to make. I 
> often forget the placement of the ç on the us-international layout. Where is it 
> again?

No idea. What's needed is a handy Keymap applet to see this stuff, but
they tend to be DE-specific and I can never remember how to get to them.

poc