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

[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: 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.

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.

[burdi01]

euro sign: Ctrl+Shift+U > 20ac > Space|Enter

[Rava]

^
Thanki€s.

I will edit my post to include your info. Much appreciated.

[Rapha_]

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

[Rava]

±

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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1f344

1f334 gives me , not .

Seems one can play for hours trying any kind of code.

[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

[Rava]

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.

[Ed_P]

Any key combination to create the degree character available?

[donald]

Ctrl+Shift u B 0

100°

[Ed_P]

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

°|°
.V

donald

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

° °

[Rava]

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

and

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Ctrl+Shift+u+b+0

should both be the same.

[donald]

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

[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 °:

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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?