[just slightly OT] How to type special charachters as key-codes?

[JW]

Hello,

Ok, U use a normal US keyboard / US/en language settings.

In Windows, when I want to type a "special"  charachter, such as a bullet, long dash, pound/euro, etc, I can type it in by using a keycode by holding [ALT] and typing a number on the keypad, for example long-dash it [ALT]+ 0151, IIRC.
You can find these keycodes by using the window Charachter Map program. When you click on the letter (or hover over it) you get a tool tip or something that tells you the the key sequence is.

I found a nice KDE application, kcharselect that does pretty much the same thing, except as best I can see, it doesn't tell you when the key sequence is. 

I don't know if such a thing is even possible in linux (or should I say in KDE?), but I woudl think so, and hope so.

Does anyone have an idea how I can find out if such a thing is even posible, and if so, how you input them? I tried the Windows-style ALT-(numpad numbers) but it didn't work. I don't really want to go start kcharselect ch time, I'd rather remember a key sequence.


Thanks :-)

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Jonathan Wilson
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Cedar Creek Software     http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com

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