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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. > > > > 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. > > :help dig > > in vim. E.g: > > ^k DG -> ° (degree) > ^k Cu -> € (euro) (in: iso8859-15) > ^k Co -> © (company) > ^k o: -> ö (o umlaut) > > 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. -- 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." [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAkgtWJEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKU2jACfQ97yRVts7eTT56MMpjRVAvNk eoYAl16Ruv7z5H9HWCS17ay2kcW68U0= =/Mg/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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