Assume I want to enter the character "u", but the "u" key is defect on my notebook.

As far as I remember there is a possibility to enter a char NOT by pressing a certain key but
by entering the corresponding number code.
It was something like ALT + 123

How does this work in detail?

Where is the char code table?

Peter

On 01/11/2010 07:43 AM, Peter Hanke wrote:
> Assume I want to enter the character "u", but the "u" key is defect on my notebook.
> 
> As far as I remember there is a possibility to enter a char NOT by pressing a certain key but
> by entering the corresponding number code.
> It was something like ALT + 123
> 
> How does this work in detail?
> 
> Where is the char code table?
> 
> Peter
> 

It depends upon the application. In Urxvt, you can hit Control-Shift-7-5 
to produce a "u"; in Vim, it would be "Control-V x 75"; some apps. won't 
allow character entry this way at all.

> Assume I want to enter the character "u", but the "u" key is defect on my notebook.
> It was something like ALT + 123

Hold ALT pressed and enter 117 on the keypad (with numlock engaged)

On 01/12/2010 06:03 AM, Rainer Temme wrote:
> 
>> Assume I want to enter the character "u", but the "u" key is defect on 
>> my notebook.
>> It was something like ALT + 123
> 
> Hold ALT pressed and enter 117 on the keypad (with numlock engaged)

That does not work for me; what environment are you using? I tried the 
Alt+1+1+7 in Urxvt under Debian Lenny (x86). It didn't work in 
Thunderbird or leafpad either. Numlock was on.

On 11/01/10 14:43, Peter Hanke wrote:
> Assume I want to enter the character "u", but the "u" key is defect on my notebook.
>
> As far as I remember there is a possibility to enter a char NOT by pressing a certain key but
> by entering the corresponding number code.
> It was something like ALT + 123
>
> How does this work in detail?
>
> Where is the char code table?
>
> Peter
>

Probably Alt-117. ASCII.

You can find the Ascii Table at http://www.asciitable.com/

Michel.

On January 17, 2010 16:55, in comp.os.linux.misc, dillinger@invalid.not
wrote:

> On 11/01/10 14:43, Peter Hanke wrote:
>> Assume I want to enter the character "u", but the "u" key is defect on my
>> notebook.
>>
>> As far as I remember there is a possibility to enter a char NOT by
>> pressing a certain key but by entering the corresponding number code.
>> It was something like ALT + 123
>>
>> How does this work in detail?
>>
>> Where is the char code table?
>>
>> Peter
>>
> 
> Probably Alt-117. ASCII.
> 
> You can find the Ascii Table at http://www.asciitable.com/

And remember, ASCII /does not/ include those characters that the website
refers to as "Extended ASCII".

FWIW, you can also find an ASCII table as ascii(7) ("man 7 ascii") on your
Linux system


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