[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack

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[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack

Post#1 by Rava » 10 Nov 2021, 02:19

Hold shift hold ctrl press e.g. u then a then 1 (release the "1" key) then release shift and ctrl keys, what you typed gets transformed into the below characters.
(shift+ctrl)+
ua1 to ua9: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©
ub1 to ub9: ±²³´µ¶·¸¹
uc1 to uc9: ÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉ
ud1 to ud9: ÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙ
ue1 to ue9: áâãäåæçèé
uf1 to uf9: ñòóôõö÷øù


As you can see, that way you could get the £ (Pound) and ¥ (Yen) but no € (Euro) character.
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ROFLCOPER massive middle finger towards the Euronen currency much?

EDIT / UPDATE
Thanks to burdi01's post below, here the info on how to get the €uronen character:
Ctrl+Shift+U > 20ac > Space or Enter

Is seems to go only from ua1 to uf9 since there is no such transformation function for ug1.
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Last edited by Rava on 10 Nov 2021, 11:38, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: added burdi01's info on how to get the €uronen-character. ^-^;
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Post#2 by burdi01 » 10 Nov 2021, 10:47

euro sign: Ctrl+Shift+U > 20ac > Space|Enter
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Post#3 by Rava » 10 Nov 2021, 11:33

^
Thanki€s.

I will edit my post to include your info. Much appreciated.
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Post#4 by Rapha_ » 10 Nov 2021, 16:45

Rava wrote:
10 Nov 2021, 02:19
Hold shift hold ctrl press e.g. u then a then 1 (release the "1" key) then release shift and ctrl keys
Not exactly....
it is more : ctrl + shift + u , release , then type the code :


☎ ✆
☔♫♬♭♪♫♮♯

⚡⚢⚣⚤⚥⚧¨⚩
⛄⛅

26d4 ⛔
26c4 ⛄
26c5 ⛅

1f4c1 📁
1f4be 💾
1f4bb 💻
1f344 🍄
1f335 🌵

> UTF-8 hexcode Values list !
https://paulgorman.org/technical/utf8-u ... s.txt.html

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Post#5 by Rava » 11 Nov 2021, 04:34

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Rapha_ wrote:
10 Nov 2021, 16:45
it is more : ctrl + shift + u , release , then type the code :
Your way works as well.
Difference: Done it your way you have to type [Enter] at the end of the code to get the transformation. There will be no [New Line] character inserted into the text.

Done it my way you have to release the Shift + Ctrl keys to get the transformation, no [Enter] needed.

Thanks for the URL to utf8-unicode-hex-values-and-x-compose-key-shortcuts.txt.html

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10 Nov 2021, 16:45
1f344 🍄
1f334 gives me 🌴 , not 🍄 . Image

:Bravo: Seems one can play for hours trying any kind of code.
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Post#6 by Vic » 27 Dec 2022, 08:45

Just found this thread, wanted to add this website -- https://copypastecharacter.com/

It seems like cheating without the cool keyboard-fu y'all use but I make a text file and also entries in CopyQ clipboard to expedite things. Also grab anything else I can find and stick it in there.

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Post#7 by Rava » 27 Dec 2022, 19:56

Vic wrote:
27 Dec 2022, 08:45
Just found this thread, wanted to add this website -- https://copypastecharacter.com/

It seems like cheating without the cool keyboard-fu y'all use but I make a text file and also entries in CopyQ clipboard to expedite things. Also grab anything else I can find and stick it in there.
it's interesting as it gives you the html code when you click on one of the special character icon.
Very good when html coding. :)
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Post#8 by Ed_P » 29 Dec 2022, 00:20

Any key combination to create the degree character available?
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Post#9 by donald » 29 Dec 2022, 00:54

Ctrl+Shift u B 0

100°

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Post#10 by Ed_P » 29 Dec 2022, 01:33

?? How to enter the u when Shift pressed?? OMG I just did it! °

°|°
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I think Ctrl+Shift+U+B+0 and Ctrl+Shift+u+b+0 work too.

° °

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Post#11 by Rava » 29 Dec 2022, 02:44

Ed_P wrote:
29 Dec 2022, 01:50
I think Ctrl+Shift+U+B+0 and Ctrl+Shift+u+b+0 work too.
when you press "Shift" then you always type a "U", or not?
Therefore

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Ctrl+Shift+U+B+0
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Ctrl+Shift+u+b+0
should both be the same.
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Post#12 by donald » 29 Dec 2022, 02:46

also:
ctrl + shift + u , release , then 00b0 , enter (or space)

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Post#13 by Rava » 29 Dec 2022, 02:54

^
Do you know why it is possible to use a different code when already pressed and released ctrl + shift + u, or another code when not released the ctrl + shift?

The kinda ironic weird thing is, when I type the above code for ° (not that I need it cause it's part of a "Generic 105 key German (no dead keys)" layout anyway) this get typed prior me releasing the Ctrl+Shift and it turning into °:

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uB0
as in : small u
large B
zero

Can anyone explain this?
When shift is pressed, why is "u" printed as small u, but b printed as large B?

Is it because all these keyboard hacks all start with, as the subject tells us, Shift+Ctrl+U? Does the keyboard driver behind all this recognized that?
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