Linux Keyboard

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 code.
• 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