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How can I type a Unicode character (for example, em-dash —?)
The title pretty much says it all: how can I type Unicode characters - specifically the em-dash —?
Humphrey Bogart
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How can I type ASCII characters like Alt + numpad in Windows?
On Windows, the key combination Alt + 2+ 5+ 5 creates a blank space. How can I achieve this on Ubuntu?
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How do I produce a É character in the tty login prompt?
TL;DR : How can I produce a É character in the tty login prompt ?
Long story : Ok so I was playing with the application "Unity Tweak Tool" to discover some nice features but at some point the whole interface froze and I had to restart my computer…
Jérôme Sengel
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Why has my Ctrl+Shift+U key for Unicode input stopped working?
When I press Ctrl+Shift+u and type numbers, nothing happens. Holding down Control or Shift doesn't help, either.
I've tried running sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration, but that didn't solve the problem.
EMBLEM
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Change "Ctrl + Shift + U + unicode + enter" to "Alt + unicode". Is that possible? Where (which config) can I change it?
I have found Ctrl+Shift+U+unicode+Enter quite too long for «quoting the things», or
• bulleting
• it
• up.
However, on Windows another OS, it is quite cool: just hold Alt, type your code on a numpad, and it appears.
The question is if it is…
WHS
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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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Can I configure bash/readline to automatically convert NBSP to normal space?
I'm using Finnish keyboard layout which maps AltGr+Space to non-breaking space (NBSP, U+00A0). I'm happy with this in general but I find that I often accidentally write NBSP instead of normal space after pipe "|" symbol (written with AltGr+< with…
Mikko Rantalainen
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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 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 character (“, U+201C). Is there any way to input…
minhee
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Enter Unicode mathematical symbols conveniently
I want to conveniently enter Unicode symbols such as greek letters μ, ξ, ... and mathematical symbols such as ∀, ∃, ...
Using the character map is not convenient.
I would prefer to enter something like \delta and have it converted to δ by pressing…
Christian
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Custom keyboard layouts: adding a character for which no keysym is defined
A couple of years ago, I followed the custom keyboard layout howto, and have been in dvorak+bilingual+typographic bliss ever since.
I’d now like to add the thin non-breaking space (U+202F) as one of my alternate keys in my arsenal (which precedes…
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How to type a blank character " "
I need to type a character similar that looks like space, in Windows I would've used Alt+255. But I don't know how to do this Ubuntu... Can I somehow use Alt codes in Ubuntu, or use another shortcut?
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How does one enter Unicode characters into systems with Mir?
In X.org/X11, I could use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+U" in any text field and then type a Unicode character code to insert special characters. However, this does not work in Mir. What is the keyboard shortcut for inserting special…
Aaron Franke
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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 unfortunately the wrong symbol is used. (likewise ENQ ␅…
george rowell
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How to solve unicode display wrong (different) characters issue in ubuntu?
I'm struggling to display Unicode (Nepali) character in right form. While typing Nepali Unicode or translating in Nepali language from translate.google.com in Ubuntu OS it displays wrong (different) characters but the same process shows the right…
Bibash
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