Typing Special Character ©/Copyright?
I Know It's the Compose Key, and I Set It to Right Alt and I Set the "3Rd Level" Option to the Shift + Alt, but I Can't Figure out for the Life of Me for...
I know it's the compose key, and I set it to right Alt and I set the "3rd level" option to the Shift + Alt, but I can't figure out for the life of me for example how to do the copyright symbol, or the registered mark, or trademark symbol, etc. I try alt then c but I get č.
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Compose key
Compose,o,c will produce ©.
You can view the combinations in your locale's Compose file, e.g.
/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose
For those without a compose key configured (it isn't by default). Go here for latest versions. On Ubuntu 12.04 the setting is hidden away at System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layout > Options... > Compose Key Position. I prefer to use the "menu" key as compose, but it's a matter of preference.
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