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!!! Creating accented characters
QWERTY keyboards for English speakers obviously don't have separate keys for accented characters like other languages do. However, there are still relatively easy ways to get characters into your applications:
# Use a ‘character-picker’ applet or similar in your desktop environment. For example, in GNOME you can add a panel applet called "character palette" that offers a customisable variety of common non-ascii characters that you can click on to insert into your clipboard.
-# Use a "
compose"
key. For example, in GNOME's keyboard preferences settings you can assign a key to be the Compose key. If the Right Alt key is the compose key, then pressing right alt + ' will make the next character have an ' accent above it, if that is a valid combination. Eg "Compose+`, e" results in è, "Compose+~~, n" results in ñ (you have to press compose + shift + ` to get the ~~), and so on.
+# Use a [“
compose”
key|ComposeKey]
. For example, in GNOME's keyboard preferences settings you can assign a key to be the Compose key. If the Right Alt key is the compose key, then pressing right alt + ' will make the next character have an ' accent above it, if that is a valid combination. Eg "Compose+`, e" results in è, "Compose+~~, n" results in ñ (you have to press compose + shift + ` to get the ~~), and so on.
!!! Converting Text
To convert between unicode (eg utf-8 or utf-16), use the iconv command. The -t argument is the "to" encoding and -f is the "from" encoding. For example
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!! locale
It's a good idea to set some environment variables to tell applications
-what language and encoding you prefer. In NewZealand, you should do
+what [
language and encoding|LocaleName]
you prefer. In NewZealand, you should do
something like
$ LC_ALL=en_NZ.UTF-8 ; export LC_ALL
(This requires your system to have the correct support for this locale;
