"James H. Cloos Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there any good way to input arbitrary unicode characters via the
> keyboard in a en_US.UTF-8 locale?
>
> I cannot find any sign of an XIM server for this. Everything I've
> found seems to be targted to CJK input.
>
> Is there one that I missed?
>
> Is there a better way than bothering with an XIM server? Obviously
> just adding compose or dead-key sequences to do it would be a bit,
> err, extreme (65536 lines at OTOO 54 octets per line is 3 3/8 megs).
Well, depends what system you are using... with GTK+-2.0, you
can do arbitrary Unicode entry using:
<control><shift>[hex digits]
However, in general for programs that only allow XIM input
methods, you'd need an XIM input method that supported something
like that.
Regards,
Owen
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