On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:43:30 -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: > im trying to type [copy from character map] power of 2. i can read power > of 2 on webpages but if i were to cope > paste from that page, the power > displays as a normal character 2. is this a dpkg-reconfigure locales > issue?
Web pages usually make use of CSS styles to render those types, so when you copy/paste the content into a plain text document, the format gets lost. That's a normal behaviour. > how can i gain the ability to type a power of 2? Besides the tip Cameron provided, I add another one (only for GNOME): - Press Control-R and then press Shift-R (keep those pressed at the same time) - Now press "u" and release the three keys (it will appear an underline "u" in the screen) - Then type "00b2" and press Enter That will render into "²" :-) There is a small list of secuences in this page: http://www.hermit.org/Linux/ComposeKeys.html And a full one: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/a.htm Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.12.07.05...@gmail.com
