[Cialug] Learning the 'C' language

Chris Hilton chris129 at cs.iastate.edu
Wed Oct 12 23:09:36 CDT 2005


And for the rest of us, use a character map.
¶±¢£÷øا©®µ
I like how they even have µ :).  Oh wait, why did I just make a smiley face, 
isn't that like char 1?  KCharSelect doesn't seem to wanna show it, this font 
must lack it...
Or, I think you can use some key combo.  On GTK apps it seems to be 
ctl+alt+shift.  But be careful not to hit backspace when you error!  I've 
done that before, :(.

On Wednesday 12 October 2005 10:53 pm, Morris Dovey wrote:
> MessageNathan C. Smith wrote:
> | ¢ <-----how did you do that?  I can't find that key anywhere.  I
> | know it used to be on the typewriter.
>
> Common cents - not as common as it should be… <g>
>
>
> It's an old keyboard. Here are a few more that are good to have on hand:
>
> £, ƒ (now a collector's item since France switched to the €), and ¥,
>
> ± is handy for mechanical specifications,
>
> × and ÷ work for some arithmetic expressions,
>
> Ø is needed for region ten amateur radio call signs (WBØYEF is mine),
>
> © is for copyright notices,
>
> ° serves dual purposes for angles and temperatures,
>
> and § and ¶ are used to reference sectioned documents.
>
>
> Morris Dovey

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