Putting a unicode character into a terminal window (or even into OOo)

[Gordon Messmer]

Michael T. Sullivan wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>>
>> Under Worm, if I press alt-132 I end up with an umlaut a. This doesn't
>> work under OOo 3 or in a terminal window. How can I get the same result
>> under Linux?
> 
> In GTK+ based programs like Gnome Terminal or OOo 3 you can type 
> Ctrl+Shift+U followed by the Unicode hexadecimal code terminated by a 
> space. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input> for other 
> situations.

And if you don't want to memorize the hex codes, you can
System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard -> Layouts tab -> Layout 
Options -> Compose key position

Select a "compose" key, and you should be able to compose characters in 
any X11 application.  Umlaut a would be entered by pressing in sequence 
Compose, a, double-quote.  Many characters are "composed" of other 
characters with a similar appearance.  The Euro is compose, e, =, for 
instance.  It's almost intuitive. ;)