Good morning people, I am just wondering how do I insert an UP arrow character into a post on a forum…
I did a quick google, and it seems that [Alt] + 24 or something gives an arrow symbol on a MS Win box, but it does not on my openSuse… and it seems that the [Alt] key is mapped by Firefox for other purposes.
I know you can type CTRL+SHIFT+u, then a unicode value (4 digit hex code). For example the up arrow code is 2191, and so you get ↑ 
Testing testing…
u2191 hmmm err… ↑ Ah ha!
U2191
↑
hmm not exactly user friendly, but it does the job, Thank you!
On my keyboard it is Alt Gr-Shift-U.
Or use
KCharSelect
↑
Or use
KCharSelect
Yes, that’s a nice graphical method
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john hudson wrote:
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> On my keyboard it is Alt Gr-Shift-U.
>
How did you find that? It works for me as well but is not obvious.
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Great if you have those keys, but many laptops won’t. Windows users without this key, can use Ctrl+Alt ≈ AltGr, and I’m guessing that within the KDE, one could use System Settings >> Shortcuts and Gestures emulate this key as well (but I haven’t yet investigated this further).
AFAIU, it’s more well known within the Windows world, but maybe others know the history differently?
martin_helm wrote:
> john hudson wrote:
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>> On my keyboard it is Alt Gr-Shift-U.
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> How did you find that? It works for me as well but is not obvious.
>
Aha, I found a table here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey
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On my first Linux computer I had learned how to assign characters to the keyboard under KDE 1; so when I switched to SUSE, I laboriously typed out and saved every combination to find out what the default UK keyboard assignments were. Since then I have done it every time I have added a new language keyboard.
On 10/30/2011 09:46 PM, john hudson wrote:
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> On my keyboard it is Alt Gr-Shift-U.
↑ amazinЪ¢ŁºıŒ¢ªĦŊ¢ÞŁº’»«÷¼¿¦¹²³Ω®©ª]g what one can find hidden behind
that Alt Gr+Shift door
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john hudson wrote:
> On my first Linux computer I had learned how to assign characters to
> the keyboard under KDE 1; so when I switched to SUSE, I laboriously
> typed out and saved every combination to find out what the default UK
> keyboard assignments were. Since then I have done it every time I have
> added a new language keyboard.
>
That’s how I found yesterday the description by pressing Alt Gr + shift and
qwertz in the google search field. Believe it or not, I never tried to
produce extra graphical characters which are not shown on the keyboard with
the keyboard. Long ago I used Tex for everything, even for writing letters
and so on and every special symbol was just a macro. With the gui word
processors I always used whatever special character selection tool they come
with.
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On 10/30/2011 01:46 AM, wakou wrote:
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> Good morning people, I am just wondering how do I insert an UP arrow
> character into a post on a forum…
> I did a quick google, and it seems that [Alt] + 24 or something gives
> an arrow symbol on a MS Win box, but it does not on my openSuse… and
> it seems that the [Alt] key is mapped by Firefox for other purposes.
>
>
Not relevant to your question, but to use the Composite key in KDE
(to insert occasional funny or accented characters):
Personal Settings -> Hardware:Input Devices -> Keyboard:Advanced,
tick the box of the item of interest.
I have the Composite key mapped to the Right Window key. A combination
of keys to produce a sign is somewhat dependent on what keyboard and
font you use. I once had a time to waste, so I tried many combinations,
keeping notes.
To get ø: Press RightWin o / (or RightWin, /, o)
Ø: RightWin Sift+o /
(The Composite key is not like Shift, Control, or Alt; you press it and
release it, then enter a sequence.)
¥ (the Japanese yen sign): RightWin y (or Y) =
(Some sequences can be flipped; sometimes uppercase|lowercase, OK.)
£: RightWin l - (This can be produced 4 ways.)
€: RightWin e = (This is the Euro.)
æ: RightWin a e (“RightWin e a” does not work on my setup.)
¿: RightWin ? ? (similarly for ¡)
ñ: RightWin ~ n (The sequence “-, n” seems OK, too.)
ç: RightWin c ,
-
-
±
-
: - ÷
x x ×
^ 1, 2, 3 ¹ ² ³
The superscript numbers are 1, 2, and 3 only.
1 2 ½
1 4 ¼
o o °
< " “
> " ”
< ’ ‘
> ’ ’
… < ‹
… > ›
< < «
> > »
[vowels with accent]
` a à è ì ò ù À È Ì Ò Ù
’ a á é í ó ú Á É Í Ó Ú
" a ä ë ï ö ü Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü
^ a â ê î ô û Â Ê Î Ô Û
This has become long-winded. In sum, alack and alas, I don’t know how to
produce the up arrow key with the Composite key.
There isn’t any point in using the Composite key for the up arrow if it is also accessible using AltGr. Use the composite key for individual characters which are not on your normal layout.
The disadvantage of using the Composite key is that it is personal to your keyboard; if you don’t use any other, that is OK. But, for example, when typing French, I prefer to select the French keyboard layout because I know that will be the same whether I use a French typewriter or another computer with the French layout.
On 10/31/2011 12:06 PM, john hudson wrote:
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> There isn’t any point in using the Composite key for the up arrow if it
> is also accessible using AltGr. Use the composite key for individual
> characters which are not on your normal layout.
>
> The disadvantage of using the Composite key is that it is personal to
> your keyboard; if you don’t use any other, that is OK. But, for example,
> when typing French, I prefer to select the French keyboard layout
> because I know that will be the same whether I use a French typewriter
> or another computer with the French layout.
>
>
I don’t usually engage in arguments. But why so hostile? I began my post
with “to insert occasional funny or accented characters”. That’s the
point of my post and of your post, as well. The original poster got a
good answer. And I really do not think you can get the up arrow by way
of the composite key.
I did not advocate the use of the composite key to write an extended
piece of writing in German or whatever. As for keyboard, I did caution
that, too. But for anyone with an English layout, the majority of my
samples should work. I’m using a Happy Hacking Keyboard II. Did I
mention that I was whiling away a lazy time? Experimentation is implicit
in that statement.
My post was for people who might take interest in a certain thing. In
other words, take it or leave it as they see fit. There’s no room for
any dispute of any kind whatsoever. Like I said to use the Unicode all
the time, or something.
Sorry the post was not intended to be hostile but advisory. I appreciated what you had done for those who were unaware of the possibilities of the Composite key but wanted to advise anyone who was not aware of the wider issues what they might be.