Tips and Tricks: Typing Unicode

I found this on netzwolf.info:

You can enter arbitrary Unicode characters (more precisely code points) in X11 on Linux, if you know their Hex-Code:

  • Press Shift-Ctrl (keep them pressed)
  • Press also the letter u
  • Release the Ctrl-Key
  • Release the u-key
  • Keep the Shift-key pressed
  • Enter the Hex-Code of the Code point with the number of hex digits needed
  • Release the shift key

Let’s try with the Cyrillic Alphabet, more precisely with its Unicode Block:

  • Ѐ U+0400
  • Ё U+0401
  • Ђ U+0402
  • Љ U+0409
  • А U+0410
  • Б U+0411
  • В U+0412
  • Г U+0413
  • Д U+0414

Not very fast, but it works quite well for a few characters. Just open the table in one window and use this key sequence in another one.

For frequently used characters it is a good idea to remap the keyboard with xmodmap.

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