Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 07:55:27 -0500 From: Aaron Peterson <dopplecoder@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: console characters/keyboard Message-ID: <45d750d20512080455m4e805f34qc65194e3629f16e1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20051207213951.07f54150@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <45d750d20512071917k76ac173ci286eb2e1f5bb0c49@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.3.4.2.20051207213951.07f54150@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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On 12/8/05, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> wrote: > At 07:17 PM 12/7/2005, Aaron Peterson wrote: > >I have been working with a database recently that contained values > >with special characters. A lower case "n" with a tilde over it for > >instance. Anyway, during the conversion of the database from mysql to > >sqlite these special characters got corrupted. I ended up fixing them > >by hand since there weren't many, but during the process I realized > >these things: > > > >1) My console does not print these characters, but empty box > >characters instead > > > >2) I have no good way of entering these characters (that I know of) > >with my standard keyboard layout and language settings. > > > >So the obvious questions follow: > > > >1) Can I somehow alter my console or add fonts so these characters are > >displayed properly > > > >2) I ended up writing a perl program and giving it html entities to > >decode back to the special character and insert into the database, but > >this is very roundabout. How can I set my FreeBSD box up to be able > >to enter such characters manually? > > You can produce whatever character you like by using the alt key and > the number pad. > > Hold down alt and type the ascii value (in base 10) on the number > pad. When you release the alt key, the character will be sent as if > it had been typed. Note that this only works with the number pad. I suppose keeping Xorg from intercepting these key combinations and doing nothing with them is more complicated... (I just get beeps, no characters) Any clues on that? Aaron
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