From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 09:49:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E87DD1065672 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 09:49:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-111.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-111.bluehost.com [69.89.18.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC66D8FC12 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 09:49:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 28142 invoked by uid 0); 16 May 2008 09:49:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 16 May 2008 09:49:06 -0000 Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JwwYk-0004k9-0W for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 May 2008 03:49:06 -0600 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 16 May 2008 03:49:05 -0600 Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 03:49:05 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20080516094905.GB87061@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20080514042537.GA91250@demeter.hydra> <20080514235124.GA37470@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080514235124.GA37470@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} DomainKey-Status: no signature Subject: Re: interrobang and other fun characters X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:49:07 -0000 --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--