Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:45:37 +0200 From: Lauri Watts <lauri@kde.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Subject: Re: How to type special characters? Message-ID: <200305061445.37660.lauri@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <200305061929.10211.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <BAY7-F92Bl8LgFuoe5c0000d842@hotmail.com> <002401c3135d$be979fc0$0d01a8c0@skynet> <200305061929.10211.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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--Boundary-02=_x56t+JvWBAOLFnP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 06 May 2003 13.29, Robert Storey wrote: > On Tuesday 06 May 2003 07:26, Rob Wentworth wrote: > > Most laptops have a portion of the keyboard that can be used as a numer= ic > > keypad by pressing the Fn key and/or switching it to keypad mode. This > > allows typing special characters. > > > > In Windows I usually cut-and-paste characters from the "character map" > > utility so I don't have to remember the codes -- there must be a similar > > tool for FreeBSD... > > In Kword, you can get a character map with "Insert | Special Character" - > actually, that character map in Kword can run as a standalone utility, but > offhand I can't remember the name that launches it. kcharselect, if it's installed (it's in kdeutils). It comes also in a pane= l=20 version that embeds in the panel, it's quite handy if you have a small numb= er=20 of regularly used characters to deal with. Regards, =2D-=20 Lauri Watts KDE Documentation: http://i18n.kde.org/doc/ KDE on FreeBSD: http://freebsd.kde.org/ --Boundary-02=_x56t+JvWBAOLFnP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+t65x/gUyA7PWnacRAnS4AJ96v25fKNPxmMjPgUZd8YtAPWqnEACcCUBQ 2+JHZg7m94X2QDTeHGy8lw4= =gJsM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_x56t+JvWBAOLFnP--
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