On Thursday 02 January 2003 10:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, cr wrote: > > This is probably an elementary query, but I can't find the answer in any > > help files! > > > > How does one produce a special (i.e. non-keyboard) ASCII character in a > > Linux or X application (like text editors etc)? For example, the > > pounds sign, chr$(163). > > > > Alt + <num keypad> doesn't seem to work. > > > > cr > > Depends on the app. joe, FI will generate £ if you type `163 > To get a literal `, type `` > > Lawson
Thanks. I'm a little surprised there isn't a semi-'standard' method, a little along the lines of the DOS Alt-key method which most M$ apps seem to support. However, I can now generate £££ signs (and any others) at will, which was the object of my query, so thank you all. Regards cr - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
