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I can obviously type it my browser and even in Xterm, but not in Konsole. I'm using Kubuntu, 13.10. To be thorough, I am using a German keyboard (which is already a pain), but I don't see why that should matter. In Konsole, I can type the other character ('°') on the same key.

I use this all the time in vim and it's annoying to copy and paste it. I saw something similar here, but it wasn't solved. One of the answers asked if the problem was reproduced in kate; it is.

I could use another terminal emulator, I guess, but it would be nice to use Konsole.

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    What happens if you type ^ twice or ^ and ` ` (space)? Did you research on the web a bit before you posted your Q here? – Run CMD Jul 29 '14 at 11:45
  • Nice. The ^ and then space works. Thanks. I did search the web, but I was spelling caret wrong, and using ^ in my search gave me nothing. – MrUser Jul 29 '14 at 12:28
  • You should also consider upgrading 13.10 is not supported since July 17. – Warren Hill Jul 29 '14 at 12:34
  • I upgrade my OSs like I pay my taxes: late or never. – MrUser Jul 29 '14 at 12:39
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There have been many discussions about dead keys, how they should be used to be able to generate accented characters, etc. The behaviour of characters such as ~ and ^ may depend on your system's locale settings and the input method of the specific program.

I personally find this bug report interesting.

If you hit a special character's key and nothing happens, chances are that the system is waiting whether you mean to input an accented character. Hitting (space) should usually get you the character itself.

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