[solved] Re: special chars in gedit?

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net>:

> On 01/20/2015 08:28 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote:
>> On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
>>> I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind
>>> with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I
>>
>> According to *my* ASCII table, character 43 (decimal number 43) is a '+'
>> sign....
>>
>
> You can get that ÷ character with the compose key: compose :-
> How do I know that? I bought the book "Compose Key Sequence Reference Guide"
> by Sander van Geloven. Looks like it was published by Hellegaard, a
> Dutch outfit. I forget where I got it, but either Amazon or O'Reilly
> is the probably source.
>
> --doug

The answer I was looking for was to enable the side view pane with F9  
then try all the special language groups until checking Common and the  
symbol I wanted was in there. A double click inserts it in the document.

Dave

>
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