On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Andrew McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:06:27AM -0600, Von Fugal wrote: >> >> In the world of gui apps, you can enter ctr-shift-u sequences, they >> aren't one key sequences like you have in terminals, though. All you >> need is the decimal number for the character, it's a lot to remember, >> but if you use characters frequently enough then it's doable. For >> example, I used ✔ (2714) heavily last semester to mark things as complete. >> I only wish ctr-shift-u worked in terminals. I could care less about the >> crazy emacsish text editing control sequences. > > You can do that in Vim, too (ctrl-v u2714) but I'm not smart enough to > remember a four-digit code for each character I might ever enter. I > would love to be that smart, though. :)
And in emacs is M-x ucs-insert and then the hex code for the character. Bind it to a key if really plan on using it a lot. Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
