On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:58:22 +0530, Thomas Vazhappilly wrote: > I am a migrant from MS Windoz to Gnu/Linux. Only one problem where I > stuck is, I cannot key in some characters in UTF-8 such as "CURRENCY > SIGN" as in typing MS Windoz. In MSW I can get the character by holding > the alt key and type 0164 and on release the alt key, I get the > "CURRENCY SIGN" in the editor. > > Is there a ditto input method in Debian Gnu/Linux system? Somebody help.
Yes, it is called "compose" :-) If you are using GNOME, you're in luck: Currency sign → "¤" In GNOME, you can get it by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+u" and release the keys. You'll get an underline "u". Then you have to type the desired characters sequence, i.e., for currency sign type "00a4" and press "enter": http://www.hermit.org/Linux/ComposeKeys.html 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.2010.09.06.06.45...@gmail.com
