Xubuntu 18.04, up to date. The usual way I insert a special character (which I need to do a lot) is with the Unicode hex number, accessed with Ctrl-Shift-u. This works perfectly, except that if you enable this functionality you lose the repeat character function that you get by holding the key down.
Note: I also have the Alt-Gr key assigned to the left-win key. I use this to type é, ü, ã, and other roman letters with diacritics used in many European languages. But by 'special character' I mean things like , t͡ʃ, and many more that the Alt-Gr key cannot do. I only use Xfce. I would like to know if users of other desktop environments experience the same limitation: You can have keys repeat or you can have Ctrl-Shift-u, but you can't have both functionalities. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
