Special characters in Evolution?

henniedebeer

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How do I place special "alt key" characters in Evolution, without using the character map?

Characters like the e with a bracket on top
 

MyWorld

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Not that I'm aware of in Linux, those "Num keys" are specific to Windows. You can use ctrl+shift+u+<number>, but that is 3 keys you have to keep pressed and then a number you have to memorize, tedious comes to mind.

To be honest it was a bit strange getting used to "the Linux way" but it makes so much more sense:
compose+' e = é
compose +' shift+e = É
compose+- shift+L = £
etc.
 

ocky

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More with compose key:- © ocky ;)

Code:
The diacritic characters are:
' (apostrophe) ⇒ A letter with acute (Áá)
" (double quote) ⇒ A letter with diaeresis (Ää)
` (grave) ⇒ A letter with grave (Àà)
_ (underscore) ⇒ A letter with macron (Āā)
^ (circumflex) ⇒ A letter with circumflex (Ââ)
~ (tilde) ⇒ A letter with tilde (Ãã)
, (comma) ⇒ A letter with cedilla (Çç)
. (period) ⇒ A letter with dot above (Ȧȧ)
! (exclamation) ⇒ A letter with dot below (Ạạ)
? (question) ⇒ A letter with hook (Ảả)
/ (slash), - (minus) ⇒ A letter with stroke (Øø, Đđ)
; (semicolon) ⇒ A letter with ogonek (Ąą)
+ (plus) ⇒ A letter with horn (Ơơ)
= (equals) ⇒ A letter with double acute (Őő)
o ⇒ A letter with ring (Åå)
c ⇒ A letter with caron (Ǎǎ)
b ⇒ A letter with breve (Ăă)

Some characters may be combined to create mixed diacritical marks, e.g. Compose _ " a produces ǟ (‘a’ with diaeresis and macron), and so on.

Other letters and ligatures:
Compose A/a E/e ⇒ Æ/æ
Compose O/o E/e ⇒ Œ/œ
Compose T/t H/h ⇒ Þ/þ
Compose N/n G/g ⇒ Ŋ/ŋ
Compose s s ⇒ ß
Compose e e ⇒ ə

Currency symbols:
Compose c / ⇒ ¢
Compose C = ⇒ €
Compose L = ⇒ ₤
Compose F r ⇒ ₣
Compose Y = ⇒ ¥
Compose o x ⇒ ¤
Punctuation marks and other symbols

Quotation marks:
Compose , ' ⇒ ‚
Compose , " ⇒ „
Compose < ' ⇒ ‘
Compose > ' ⇒ ’
Compose < " ⇒ “
Compose > " ⇒ ”
Compose < < ⇒ «
Compose > > ⇒ »
Compose . < ⇒ ‹
Compose . > ⇒ ›

Others:
Compose . . ⇒ ·
Compose - - - ⇒ — (em-dash)
Compose - - . ⇒ – (en-dash)
Compose ? ? ⇒ ¿
Compose ! ! ⇒ ¡
Compose + - ⇒ ±
Compose : - ⇒ ÷
Compose 1 2 ⇒ ½
Compose 1 4 ⇒ ¼
Compose 3 4 ⇒ ¾
Compose _ 0-9 ⇒ ₀ – ₉ (subscript digit)
Compose ^ 0-9 ⇒ ⁰ – ⁹ (superscript digit)
Compose ( 0-9 ) ⇒ ⓪ – ⑨ (circled digit)
Compose o c ⇒ ©
Compose o r ⇒ ®
Compose o o ⇒ °
Compose o s ⇒ §
Compose x x ⇒ ×
Compose P P ⇒ ¶
Compose T M ⇒ ™
Compose m u ⇒ µ
Compose % o ⇒ ‰
 
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