On 12/8/05, Glenn Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
