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Questions tagged [special-characters]

If a character has a meaning beyond its literal meaning, a meta-meaning, then we refer to it as a special character.

If a character has a meaning beyond its literal meaning then we refer to it as a special character.

For example, space characters are normally used in the shell to separate arguments. Preceding a space character with a backslash \ makes the shell interpret it as a literal space character.

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How do I insert an umlaut on the u in ubuntu?

I have already activated the compose key (left CTRL). According to all the forums I've read, I have to punch in Compose, followed by "u. This is what I get as a result: ´u' I am really stuck here. Any help will be most appreciated.
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Why do *nix folk like to use ``...'' rather than the " character?

At the risk of being flamed, I'd like to understand why some people prefer to use a ``construction'' of accent and single quote characters rather than the "double-quote" character when quoting things? Example: Why do some users write quotes…
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How to type the Indian Rupee Symbol?

I want to type the Indian Rupee Symbol. So I went to System Settings >> Keyboard Layout and clicked on the Options button. Under the Adding Currency signs to keys sections, I checked the Rupee on 4 option. Later when I opened the Layout Chart of…
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How do I use filenames that start with a dash "-" as command arguments?

This may be a simple question, but how do I use files starting with "-" with command line programs? For example, I am trying to use pdfgrep on a file named -2013-01-01.pdf but it complains that there are no options defined for 2, 0, 1, 3 and so…
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How do I produce a É character in the tty login prompt?

TL;DR : How can I produce a É character in the tty login prompt ? Long story : Ok so I was playing with the application "Unity Tweak Tool" to discover some nice features but at some point the whole interface froze and I had to restart my computer…
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Apt-get update with an @ in password error

I want to update ubuntu 11.04 throught apt-get. So I added the following lines in apt.conf export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.net:port/ export ftp_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.netport/ export…
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How to type half Hindi character with Hindi (Bolnagri) layout?

I'm using Hindi (Bolnagri) layout to type in Hindi. I'm typing in Hindi for first time. My problem is, I want to type स्वाद. How do I type that half स? EDIT 1: How to type औ with this layout? EDIT 2: How to type र्श as in आदर्श?
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type French accents with US international keyboard

I am running Lubuntu on my laptop and would like to write French accents with a US keyboard. I find the compose key solution ([Alt]+[accent] at the same time, followed by a [letter]) not that handy... On Windows, there is a better solution: switch…
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How do I force folder view sort order to not ignore special characters?

I have many folders in my home directory that have names that begin with special characters such as _OLD_500GB_HD or !FolderIWantToSeeAtTheTop, but for some reason these folders are sorted according to their first alphanumeric character rather than…
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How do I enter the Euro symbol in vim?

I am running vim 7.4: andrew@athens:~$ vim --version | head -n 2 VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jun 16 2016 10:50:38) Included patches: 1-1689 And I need to routinely type in the Euro symbol. How do I do this easily and efficiently?
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How do I make Cedilla (ç) character available in English USA?

I need the character Cedilla working my English USA Ubuntu Natty but when use the normal combination ' then c I get this ć. In the previous versions I used this solution: [SOLVED] Getting ç cedilla instead of c acute with american keyboards but it…
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ubuntu å vs osx å?

Not sure if this is a ubuntu or osx question, but I'll start here. I'll leave it to the mods to move the question to AskDifferent if more apropriate. I moved a file from ubuntu to osx using scp on the apple machine. I edited the file on the apple…
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How to type special character on ubuntu

A bit silly, but I can't type this character ಠ, on ubuntu. Some page say it should be this way Ctrl+Shift type u0CA0 But it doesnt do anything. Even I find a shortcut for sublime that I didn't know that exist before try this.
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How can I type Japanese characters?

What is the way to be able to type Japanese characters? Could someone make a how-to in order to explain the few steps to get it?
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Default keys "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0" to input "! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )"

Doing math homework on a full keyboard. Would like the top row to be the special characters without holding shift.
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