From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 05:12:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01ACB1065740 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 05:12:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nepbabucxspamfree@yahoo.ca) Received: from smtp105.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp105.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B30F68FC1D for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 05:12:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nepbabucxspamfree@yahoo.ca) Received: (qmail 12340 invoked from network); 14 May 2008 05:12:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:From:Date:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:X-pubkey-ID:X-pubkey-URL; b=Z82aS38nPIVLec8qTATv4azTnvkAwngDgpG9kH8VBiWyOXbKgDzMbSKLXzvadgRJY1vqN7x0hf6mjkFCoGkJ3in0muroKAZFiSymUym0m4uYPd+DOiw/160wY7kUFESFuU9mAk2ejp6bsUV/CwytPoYes8eH1TiW4DQZllqED6M= ; Received: from unknown (HELO interrupt.driven.box) (nepbabucxspamfree@203.192.95.61 with login) by smtp105.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 May 2008 05:12:51 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: _9Sqh4QVM1kdd6ynSrrQU46vpSxcelAjJaACmLn6k.Q6OH3ld3qm7b56VPqZiEYT2yx8ozhLs3Jruh.fUf8qGHqJr0MzxIoX7C3Z1Vz3LIcv0gaejYGvpNkqetuAAIQ- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: by interrupt.driven.box (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 14 May 2008 14:42:52 +0930 From: "nepbabu" Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:42:52 +0930 To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20080514051252.GA11668@interrupt.driven.box> References: <20080514042537.GA91250@demeter.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gKMricLos+KVdGMg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080514042537.GA91250@demeter.hydra> X-pubkey-ID: 1024D/5DAE3BE5 X-pubkey-URL: http://www.livejournal.com/pubkey.bml?user=nepbabu Subject: Re: interrobang and other fun characters X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 05:12:54 -0000 --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday, 13 May 2008 at 22:25:37 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: : I'm looking for an easier way to insert interrobangs and other non-ASCII : characters (em-dashes, et cetera) into text on my FreeBSD laptop than by : way of copy/paste. Any recommendations? A hunt-and-select clicky GUI : probably wouldn't be any better than just copy/paste, but something like : holding down Alt while typing 8253 might be an improvement. Like =E2=9C=8C? or like =E3=81=AD? or like =E3=84=98? How about =E8=92=93? = I just used KCharSelect. It's listed under ports[1]. I have no idea what to= ols exist out there that allows you to do that using certain keybindings th= ough. [1] http://www.freebsdports.info/ports/misc/kdeutils3.html --------=20 Cheers, Bikal KC (Please use: nepbababucxspamfree_at_yahoo DOT ca) Journal: http://nepbabu.livejournal.com || pubkey: see header "Rule 6: There is no Rule 6." - Rob Pike "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities= =2E" - Fran=C3=A7ois-Marie Arouet --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.fossnepal.org iD8DBQFIKnTUcd1dCF2uO+URAhjDAJ9GrPXk+G0FK4L1nc16DSbLlhVRGQCfTIaC TY76QzLFHUvSg1UjBEgs7i0= =5Y2E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg--