[solved] Re: special chars in gedit?
Quoting Doug : On 01/20/2015 08:28 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I According to *my* ASCII table, character 43 (decimal number 43) is a '+' sign You can get that ÷ character with the compose key: compose :- How do I know that? I bought the book "Compose Key Sequence Reference Guide" by Sander van Geloven. Looks like it was published by Hellegaard, a Dutch outfit. I forget where I got it, but either Amazon or O'Reilly is the probably source. --doug The answer I was looking for was to enable the side view pane with F9 then try all the special language groups until checking Common and the symbol I wanted was in there. A double click inserts it in the document. Dave /snip/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- John Dewey -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: special chars in gedit?
On 01/20/2015 08:28 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I According to *my* ASCII table, character 43 (decimal number 43) is a '+' sign You can get that ÷ character with the compose key: compose :- How do I know that? I bought the book "Compose Key Sequence Reference Guide" by Sander van Geloven. Looks like it was published by Hellegaard, a Dutch outfit. I forget where I got it, but either Amazon or O'Reilly is the probably source. --doug /snip/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: special chars in gedit?
Quoting Fred Smith : On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:40:11PM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabled in preferences but I don't see anywhere in the gedit screen to get into the table to select characters. Ideas? Dave in Unicode, the math division symbol is code point 00F7 (decimal 247). To enter that into a document using gedit, hold depress CTRL-Shift-U, let go of those keys and type "00f7", and once you hit, say, a space character your divide sign will appear, as if by magic. You can find the appropriate Unicode charts at: http://unicode.org/charts. good, thanks! D -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- John Dewey -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: special chars in gedit?
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:40:11PM -0800, Dave Stevens wrote: > I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the > kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 > decimal. I installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabled in > preferences but I don't see anywhere in the gedit screen to get into > the table to select characters. Ideas? > > Dave in Unicode, the math division symbol is code point 00F7 (decimal 247). To enter that into a document using gedit, hold depress CTRL-Shift-U, let go of those keys and type "00f7", and once you hit, say, a space character your divide sign will appear, as if by magic. You can find the appropriate Unicode charts at: http://unicode.org/charts. -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: special chars in gedit?
Quoting Kevin Cummings : On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I According to *my* ASCII table, character 43 (decimal number 43) is a '+' sign Are you asking about the Extended ASCII character 246? ÷ That would require an 8-bit encoded character set to display properly. Have you googled "how to enter extended ASCII characters in gedit?" yes, just now. Got one hit, the archive of this message. Dave installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabled in preferences but I don't see anywhere in the gedit screen to get into the table to select characters. Ideas? Dave -- Kevin J. Cummings kjch...@verizon.net cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net cummi...@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- John Dewey -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: special chars in gedit?
On 01/20/2015 07:40 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind > with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I According to *my* ASCII table, character 43 (decimal number 43) is a '+' sign Are you asking about the Extended ASCII character 246? ÷ That would require an 8-bit encoded character set to display properly. Have you googled "how to enter extended ASCII characters in gedit?" > installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabled in preferences > but I don't see anywhere in the gedit screen to get into the table to > select characters. Ideas? > > Dave > > -- Kevin J. Cummings kjch...@verizon.net cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net cummi...@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
special chars in gedit?
I need to use my notebook keyboard to insert a divide symbol, the kind with two dots and a horizontal line, it's ascii character 43 decimal. I installed gedit-plugins and character table is enabled in preferences but I don't see anywhere in the gedit screen to get into the table to select characters. Ideas? Dave -- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- John Dewey -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
