Linux Keyboard

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Symbols and accented characters

Unicode hex code

These are similar to Windows' Alt-key code.

  • Ctrl-Shift-u, followed by unicode hexadecimal code while maintaining Ctrl-Shift (see [1])
Ex Ctrl-Shift-ue7 for ç, Ctrl-Shift-ue8 for è, Ctrl-Shift-ue9 for é...
  • In Gnome, see character maps (gucharmap) to get unicode hex coce.
  • In KDE, try KDE Character Selector (KCharSelect).


Qwerty keyboard
  • Use the Compose key [2], [3], [4]
  • Select English (international with Alt Gr dead keys) [5]
AltGr-", AltGr-', AltGr-`, AltGr-~, AltGr-^ becomes dead keys that can be used to create ë, é, è...
  • Use English US international (see [6])
"e for ë, etc. "space for ", etc.

Bash

See Bash page.

Manpages

Some frequently used keyboard shortcuts/commands in man. Press h for complete list

Shortcut Description
/ Search
n Repeat previous search
j or ↓ Down
k or ↑ Up
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