alt codes

Keyboard symbols on Linux

Remember those Alt codes we can use on Windows to type text symbols? Surprisingly, Linux has got even better ways to type special characters! Although, like any Linux thing, this has got to be researched a bit, before you can use it. Read on.

There are three ways to type text characters with your keyboard on Linux.

Methods

1. 3-d and 4-th keyboard levels - is like using the Shift key. Shift is called the second level chooser. Fast in use.
2. Compose key - character sequences are very easy to remember, or guess, but the method may be hard to correctly set up, so that they work for all the programs you use. With compose key you can type almost all the useful signs. Simple in use.
3. Unicode codes - toughest method. The codes are pretty hard to remember, but you can type any text character available if you know them. Advanced.

Non-keyboard

Linux OS Character mapsType special symbols and text characters with the use of character map for Linux and Unix OS. ❡✽ ➦ ❥ ✪ GNOME's Gucharmap, KDE's KCharSelect Character Selector and Java character map.