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[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 10 Nov 2021, 02:19
by Rava
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: ÑÒÓÔÕÖרÙ
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.


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.

[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 10 Nov 2021, 10:47
by burdi01
euro sign: Ctrl+Shift+U > 20ac > Space|Enter

[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 10 Nov 2021, 11:33
by Rava
^
Thanki€s.
I will edit my post to include your info. Much appreciated.
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 10 Nov 2021, 16:45
by Rapha_
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
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 11 Nov 2021, 04:34
by Rava
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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
Added in 3 minutes 33 seconds:
Rapha_ wrote: ↑10 Nov 2021, 16:45
1f344

1f334 gives me

, not

.

Seems one can play for hours trying any kind of code.
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 27 Dec 2022, 08:45
by Vic
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.
Vic
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 27 Dec 2022, 19:56
by Rava
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.

[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 00:20
by Ed_P
Any key combination to create the degree character available?
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 00:54
by donald
Ctrl+Shift u B 0
100°
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 01:33
by Ed_P
?? How to enter the u when Shift pressed?? OMG I just did it! °
°|°
.V
donald
Added in 17 minutes 28 seconds:
I think Ctrl+Shift+U+B+0 and Ctrl+Shift+u+b+0 work too.
° °

[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 02:44
by Rava
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
and
should both be the same.
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 02:46
by donald
also:
ctrl + shift + u , release , then 00b0 , enter (or space)
[HOWTO] get special characters not on your keyboard via Shift+Ctrl+U+"X"+number hack
Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 02:54
by Rava
^
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 °:
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?