On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 08:33:56AM +1200, Gavin Flower wrote: > On 12/05/16 08:26, Sérgio Basto wrote: > >On Qua, 2016-05-11 at 14:41 -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > >>On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 07:26:41PM +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote: > >>>On Qua, 2016-05-11 at 09:13 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > >>>>On 05/11/2016 08:01 AM, Peter G. wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>How do you type the Greek beta > >>>>>from the keyboard (I use US dead keys—always and exclusively)? > >>>>One way is C-S-u 0 3 b 2 Space > >>>what you mean by C-S-u ? can't figure out > >>ctrl-shift-u followed by a zero, a 3, a b, a 2, and a space. > >> > >>try it at a terminal prompt, follow it with a space, and see what you > >>get. > >>I get a beta. > >ah only works on gnome terminal , not in konsole > > > >http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12244/how-can-i-type-unicode-ch > >aracters-into-kdes-konsole-terminal-from-a-gnome-deskt > > > >I could workaround running: > >python -c "print u'\u03b2'" > > > >Thanks, > > Works under Mate with LibreOffice. > > You don't the <expletive deleted> GNOME 3 for this! yeah, I failed to mention I was using Mate Terminal, which is probably derived from Gnome-2 terminal. Didn't try it in LibreOffice, but glad to hear that it works. I did try it in vi (vim) where it didn't seem to do anything. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) ----------------------------- -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
