You could write, or hunt up, a "Character Map" like in start->programs->accessories->systemtools->. Mine has U-007C: Vertical Line. An x web browser on a wikipedia page for unicode would give you a bazillion glyphs. I get vi/vim has some octal/hex input feature somewhere. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Entering_special_characters
I am a big fan of the "set -o vi" mode of ksh/bash command line editing, not the bash thing so like DOS. In fact, I never leave $HOME except insice () so my commands when recalled all work. With X and command recall and vi command editing, you do not need the path shortening keystoke savings of cd. I usually make $HISTSIZE big, something like 32767 seems to all it can handle, move the $HISTORYFILE somewhere permanent, save it periodically in an archive, and write scripts to search it and display it so I can recall keystrokes for years. For long lines, you have to go exc-v-enter into vi every time, as they recall truncated, but they recall. Now, if you have or install vim, you export EDITOR=vim and poof! vi is not hard wired. I use vix, a script that, before running vi, echos out linefeeds to save the screen in the scrool buffer, and after running vi, returns 0 always, as when command line editing, return not zero from vi (any beep for trivial error) and the vi file is discarded.
Code:
$ cat mysrc/vix
#!/usr/bin/ksh
(
stty -a | sed '
s/^/ /
t a
:a
s/.* rows = \([1-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/
t
d
' | read zr
# echo $zr >&2
if [ "$zr" = "" ]
then
zr=25
fi
while [ "$zr" != -1 ]
do
zr=$(( $zr - 1 ))
echo >/dev/tty
done
vi "$@"
exit 0
)
I think the parens are for one aix or hpux system where the ksh, upon detecting the call of a ksh script, ran scripts in the login ksh, as if sourced. My environment kept getting trashed. My vix did not seem to work well on later x and vim, but it helps. I keep my xterms with huge scroll buffers running for weeks under vnc, where you can disconnect and reconnect to your remote per-host X desktops. Keystrokes are so valuable.
They really did not map 0174 onto the keyboard anywhere? How anti-ascii ! Rule Britannia!
Last edited by DGPickett; 02-28-2013 at 05:55 PM..
ok, I am having a seriouse problem!
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Hi,
How do i go about changing the keyboard layout to the UK layout.
currently the @ symbol on the keyboard appears as a " sybol on the monitor.
Many Thanks in advance
Kam (1 Reply)
Hi
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Thanks
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnome-keyboard-properties
gnome-keyboard-properties(1) User Commands gnome-keyboard-properties(1)NAME
gnome-keyboard-properties - set your keyboard preferences
SYNOPSIS
gnome-keyboard-properties [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The Keyboard preference tool allows you to select autorepeat settings for your keyboard, and to configure the sound events that are associ-
ated with the keyboard. The Keyboard preference tool also allows you to launch the Keyboard accessibility preference tool. See gnome-acces-
sibility-keyboard-properties(1) for more information.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Keyboard preference tool
example% gnome-keyboard-properties
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-Executable for Keyboard preferences tool
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1), gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5)NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-keyboard-properties(1)
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