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how to write special charetars useing ASCII

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how to write special characters using ASCII in linux

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#1

Linux doesn't use ASCII, but UTF-8, so the alt+<number> does not work.
Use Applications -> Accessories - > Character map.

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said : 		#2

Hi

Do you mean you want to write characters that are not on the keyboard? To do this using Unicode, press Ctrl-Shift-u, release and key in the 4 character Unicode, then press Return. E.g the Greek letter Σ is Unicode 03A3

You can find the Unicode codes using Applications > Accessories > Character Map.

Hope this helps.

Tony

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