Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 03:49:05 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: interrobang and other fun characters Message-ID: <20080516094905.GB87061@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080514235124.GA37470@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20080514042537.GA91250@demeter.hydra> <20080514235124.GA37470@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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--VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:51:24AM +0100, Frank Shute wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:25:37PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > I'm looking for an easier way to insert interrobangs and other non-ASCII > > characters (em-dashes, et cetera) into text on my FreeBSD laptop than by > > way of copy/paste. Any recommendations? A hunt-and-select clicky GUI > > probably wouldn't be any better than just copy/paste, but something like > > holding down Alt while typing 8253 might be an improvement. > >=20 >=20 > You can get multibyte characters in vim, if $TERM is something > sensible like xterm and you use a font with the characters in it. See: I tend to use rxvt-unicode which, judging by my results (see below), must be a "sensible" terminal emulator. >=20 > :help dig >=20 > in vim. E.g: >=20 > ^k DG -> =C2=B0 (degree) > ^k Cu -> =E2=82=AC (euro) (in: iso8859-15) > ^k Co -> =C2=A9 (company) > ^k o: -> =C3=B6 (o umlaut) >=20 > You can also call them by number but I find the 2 characters easier to > remember. Excellent! This works well for me. Thanks for the tip. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] MacUser, Nov. 1990: "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production." --VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAkgtWJEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKU2jACfQ97yRVts7eTT56MMpjRVAvNk eoYAl16Ruv7z5H9HWCS17ay2kcW68U0= =/Mg/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4--
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