Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

[Larry Marshall]

> How do you type in Linux the following character:
> ~

Hold the shift key down and hit the key marked ~.  On most keyboards
it's just to the left of the 1.

> In Windows or MS-DOS it's Alt-126, but that doesn't work in Linux, this 

This is a keyboard mapping thing.  The 126 is simply the number of
that character in the ASCII character set.  The standard IBM keyboard
under Windows let's you get any character by pressing Alt and typing
its number.  I know of no equivalent in Linux.

Cheers --- Larry ~~~~~~~~ Marshall