So you want to enter a special character with the keyboard. Tag your question with unicode-entry!
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How can unicode symbols u+2404 ␄ EOT and u+2405 ␅ ENQ be corrected?
The title above is rendered incorrectly in Ubuntu 12.04 as:
The unicode title identifications are correct for the codes but the symbols are switched. EOT ␄ is the same as control-D but ...
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How to type peso sign in Ubuntu 12.04.1?
I'm still cannot figure out how to type a Philippine peso sign in LibreOffice and other application like Tomboy note.
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How can I input punctuation marks like ellipsis?
In Mac OS X there are ways to input punctuation marks by combination of some keystrokes. For example, Alt + ; inputs a precomposed ellipsis character (…, U+2026). Alt + [ opens a curly double quote ...
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How to combine features of different input methods? [closed]
I want to have two different features concerning input methods.
First, I want to have custom Compose key combinations. I use ~/.XCompose, but in order to make it work I had to change default input ...
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How can I type ASCII characters like alt+numpad in Windows?
On Windows, the key combination alt+255 creates a blank space. How can I achieve this on Ubuntu?
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Inputting Unicode mnemonics/diagraphs
How do you input unicode mnemonics (RFC 1345)? For example - then + gives ∓. This cheatsheet is nice reference.
Vim, Emacs, Screen and ZSH all have the ability to enter these, however I am unsure how ...
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How can I get gedit ready for programming in Ruby and Ruby on Rails?
I'd like to know which gedit plugins I could install to make programming for Ruby and Ruby on Rails easier?
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How to make this heart (♥) using keyboard?
On windows I have always used the "ALT+3" for creating a wonderful heart for expressing my love...
Is there a way to do this on Ubuntu?
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