In Ubuntu 14.04 at least, if you go to System Settings, Hardware, then choose Keyboard, then the Shortcuts tab and the Typing section, you'll be able to define a Compose Key or Key Sequence (I believe it isn't active in a default installation). The way it's buried might suggest that it isn't commonly used.
This is then used to enter a lot of the common characters by using combinations, such as '1/2' to get the half fraction, 'o"' to get an o with an umlaut and so forth. There are a surprising (to me anyway) combinations that are recognized, and most are relatively easy to remember as they are sort of mnemonic. I used to use the compose key in a past life, but find the sorts of characters I need in my work are more easily handled in a different manner. Since I also use foreign languages with different character sets, I also tend to use utilities more specifically oriented towards doing that. With a "smart" Unicode font, the font itself contains "code" that, if the system knows you are typing in French for instance, will automatically convert an e followed by an accent into an accented e, and as more and more systems now support Unicode, the need for a large segment of the Compose Key users no longer need that. But, for certain uses, it can still be quite useful. Frank -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Writer-cant-insert-unicode-with-ctrl-shift-u-tp4133835p4133993.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
