Writing symbols and special characters in GNOME

The method

ISO 14755 defines a method of entering symbols using Ctrl+Shift and an hexadecimal number for the UTF-8 character. This method works in, amongst others, GNOME (probably with any X.org desktop).

While keeping Ctrl and Shift pressed down, enter the hexadecimal number (as seen below in the table). If you are using GNOME 2.15 or later, you need to prepend every hex code with "u". A few example codes are:

Character

Sequence

So for GNOME 2.15 and later, try: holding down Crtl and Shift press "ue1". After letting go of Crtl and Shift you should have an ä. For earlier versions of GNOME, just do the same, but without the u, so "e1" instead of "ue1".

Full table

Here are both ISO 8859-1 and ISO 8859-2. You can go on allot longer, but there doesn't seem to be any point. The decimal can be used for HTML (use &#number;), the hexadecimal can be used for ISO 14755 and de octal number is just cool.

This list is a direct translation of http://www.w3.org/2001/06/utf-8-test/postscript-utf-8.html.

Oct	Dec	Hex	Ch	Description
040	32	0x20		Space
041	33	0x21	!	Exclamation mark
042	34	0x22	"	Quotation mark
043	35	0x23	#	Number sign
044	36	0x24	$	Dollar sign
045	37	0x25	%	Percent sign
046	38	0x26	&	Ampersand
047	39	0x27	'	Apostrophe
050	40	0x28	(	Left parenthesis
051	41	0x29	)	Right parenthesis
052	42	0x2A	*	Asterisk
053	43	0x2B	+	Plus sign
054	44	0x2C	,	Comma
055	45	0x2D	-	Hyphen-minus
056	46	0x2E	.	Full stop
057	47	0x2F	/	Solidus
060	48	0x30	0	Digit zero
061	49	0x31	1	Digit one
062	50	0x32	2	Digit two
063	51	0x33	3	Digit three
064	52	0x34	4	Digit four
065	53	0x35	5	Digit five
066	54	0x36	6	Digit six
067	55	0x37	7	Digit seven
070	56	0x38	8	Digit eight
071	57	0x39	9	Digit nine
072	58	0x3A	:	Colon
073	59	0x3B	;	Semicolon
074	60	0x3C	<	Less-than sign
075	61	0x3D	=	Equals sign
076	62	0x3E	>	Greater-than sign
077	63	0x3F	?	Question mark
0100	64	0x40	@	Commercial at
0101	65	0x41	A	Latin capital letter a
0102	66	0x42	B	Latin capital letter b
0103	67	0x43	C	Latin capital letter c
0104	68	0x44	D	Latin capital letter d
0105	69	0x45	E	Latin capital letter e
0106	70	0x46	F	Latin capital letter f
0107	71	0x47	G	Latin capital letter g
0110	72	0x48	H	Latin capital letter h
0111	73	0x49	I	Latin capital letter i
0112	74	0x4A	J	Latin capital letter j
0113	75	0x4B	K	Latin capital letter k
0114	76	0x4C	L	Latin capital letter l
0115	77	0x4D	M	Latin capital letter m
0116	78	0x4E	N	Latin capital letter n
0117	79	0x4F	O	Latin capital letter o
0120	80	0x50	P	Latin capital letter p
0121	81	0x51	Q	Latin capital letter q
0122	82	0x52	R	Latin capital letter r
0123	83	0x53	S	Latin capital letter s
0124	84	0x54	T	Latin capital letter t
0125	85	0x55	U	Latin capital letter u
0126	86	0x56	V	Latin capital letter v
0127	87	0x57	W	Latin capital letter w
0130	88	0x58	X	Latin capital letter x
0131	89	0x59	Y	Latin capital letter y
0132	90	0x5A	Z	Latin capital letter z
0133	91	0x5B	[	Left square bracket
0134	92	0x5C	\	Reverse solidus
0135	93	0x5D	]	Right square bracket
0136	94	0x5E	^	Circumflex accent
0137	95	0x5F	_	Low line
0140	96	0x60	`	Grave accent
0141	97	0x61	a	Latin small letter a
0142	98	0x62	b	Latin small letter b
0143	99	0x63	c	Latin small letter c
0144	100	0x64	d	Latin small letter d
0145	101	0x65	e	Latin small letter e
0146	102	0x66	f	Latin small letter f
0147	103	0x67	g	Latin small letter g
0150	104	0x68	h	Latin small letter h
0151	105	0x69	i	Latin small letter i
0152	106	0x6A	j	Latin small letter j
0153	107	0x6B	k	Latin small letter k
0154	108	0x6C	l	Latin small letter l
0155	109	0x6D	m	Latin small letter m
0156	110	0x6E	n	Latin small letter n
0157	111	0x6F	o	Latin small letter o
0160	112	0x70	p	Latin small letter p
0161	113	0x71	q	Latin small letter q
0162	114	0x72	r	Latin small letter r
0163	115	0x73	s	Latin small letter s
0164	116	0x74	t	Latin small letter t
0165	117	0x75	u	Latin small letter u
0166	118	0x76	v	Latin small letter v
0167	119	0x77	w	Latin small letter w
0170	120	0x78	x	Latin small letter x
0171	121	0x79	y	Latin small letter y
0172	122	0x7A	z	Latin small letter z
0173	123	0x7B	{	Left curly bracket
0174	124	0x7C	\|	Vertical line
0175	125	0x7D	}	Right curly bracket
0176	126	0x7E	~	Tilde
0240	160	0xA0		No-break space
0241	161	0xA1	¡	Inverted exclamation mark
0242	162	0xA2	¢	Cent sign
0243	163	0xA3	£	Pound sign
0244	164	0xA4	¤	Currency sign
0245	165	0xA5	¥	Yen sign
0246	166	0xA6	¦	Broken bar
0247	167	0xA7	§	Section sign
0250	168	0xA8	¨	Diaeresis
0251	169	0xA9	©	Copyright sign
0252	170	0xAA	ª	Feminine ordinal indicator
0253	171	0xAB	«	Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
0254	172	0xAC	¬	Not sign
0255	173	0xAD		Soft hyphen
0256	174	0xAE	®	Registered sign
0257	175	0xAF	¯	Macron
0260	176	0xB0	°	Degree sign
0261	177	0xB1	±	Plus-minus sign
0262	178	0xB2	²	Superscript two
0263	179	0xB3	³	Superscript three
0264	180	0xB4	´	Acute accent
0265	181	0xB5	µ	Micro sign
0266	182	0xB6	¶	Pilcrow sign
0267	183	0xB7	·	Middle dot
0270	184	0xB8	¸	Cedilla
0271	185	0xB9	¹	Superscript one
0272	186	0xBA	º	Masculine ordinal indicator
0273	187	0xBB	»	Right-pointing double angle quotation mark
0274	188	0xBC	¼	Vulgar fraction one quarter
0275	189	0xBD	½	Vulgar fraction one half
0276	190	0xBE	¾	Vulgar fraction three quarters
0277	191	0xBF	¿	Inverted question mark
0300	192	0xC0	À	Latin capital letter a with grave
0301	193	0xC1	Á	Latin capital letter a with acute
0302	194	0xC2	Â	Latin capital letter a with circumflex
0303	195	0xC3	Ã	Latin capital letter a with tilde
0304	196	0xC4	Ä	Latin capital letter a with diaeresis
0305	197	0xC5	Å	Latin capital letter a with ring above
0306	198	0xC6	Æ	Latin capital letter ae
0307	199	0xC7	Ç	Latin capital letter c with cedilla
0310	200	0xC8	È	Latin capital letter e with grave
0311	201	0xC9	É	Latin capital letter e with acute
0312	202	0xCA	Ê	Latin capital letter e with circumflex
0313	203	0xCB	Ë	Latin capital letter e with diaeresis
0314	204	0xCC	Ì	Latin capital letter i with grave
0315	205	0xCD	Í	Latin capital letter i with acute
0316	206	0xCE	Î	Latin capital letter i with circumflex
0317	207	0xCF	Ï	Latin capital letter i with diaeresis
0320	208	0xD0	Ð	Latin capital letter eth
0321	209	0xD1	Ñ	Latin capital letter n with tilde
0322	210	0xD2	Ò	Latin capital letter o with grave
0323	211	0xD3	Ó	Latin capital letter o with acute
0324	212	0xD4	Ô	Latin capital letter o with circumflex
0325	213	0xD5	Õ	Latin capital letter o with tilde
0326	214	0xD6	Ö	Latin capital letter o with diaeresis
0327	215	0xD7	×	Multiplication sign
0330	216	0xD8	Ø	Latin capital letter o with stroke
0331	217	0xD9	Ù	Latin capital letter u with grave
0332	218	0xDA	Ú	Latin capital letter u with acute
0333	219	0xDB	Û	Latin capital letter u with circumflex
0334	220	0xDC	Ü	Latin capital letter u with diaeresis
0335	221	0xDD	Ý	Latin capital letter y with acute
0336	222	0xDE	Þ	Latin capital letter thorn
0337	223	0xDF	ß	Latin small letter sharp s
0340	224	0xE0	à	Latin small letter a with grave
0341	225	0xE1	á	Latin small letter a with acute
0342	226	0xE2	â	Latin small letter a with circumflex
0343	227	0xE3	ã	Latin small letter a with tilde
0344	228	0xE4	ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis
0345	229	0xE5	å	Latin small letter a with ring above
0346	230	0xE6	æ	Latin small letter ae
0347	231	0xE7	ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla
0350	232	0xE8	è	Latin small letter e with grave
0351	233	0xE9	é	Latin small letter e with acute
0352	234	0xEA	ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex
0353	235	0xEB	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
0354	236	0xEC	ì	Latin small letter i with grave
0355	237	0xED	í	Latin small letter i with acute
0356	238	0xEE	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex
0357	239	0xEF	ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis
0360	240	0xF0	ð	Latin small letter eth
0361	241	0xF1	ñ	Latin small letter n with tilde
0362	242	0xF2	ò	Latin small letter o with grave
0363	243	0xF3	ó	Latin small letter o with acute
0364	244	0xF4	ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex
0365	245	0xF5	õ	Latin small letter o with tilde
0366	246	0xF6	ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis
0367	247	0xF7	÷	Division sign
0370	248	0xF8	ø	Latin small letter o with stroke
0371	249	0xF9	ù	Latin small letter u with grave
0372	250	0xFA	ú	Latin small letter u with acute
0373	251	0xFB	û	Latin small letter u with circumflex
0374	252	0xFC	ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
0375	253	0xFD	ý	Latin small letter y with acute
0376	254	0xFE	þ	Latin small letter thorn
0377	255	0xFF	ÿ	Latin small letter y with diaeresis
0402	258	0x102	Ă	Latin capital letter a with breve
0403	259	0x103	ă	Latin small letter a with breve
0404	260	0x104	Ą	Latin capital letter a with ogonek
0405	261	0x105	ą	Latin small letter a with ogonek
0406	262	0x106	Ć	Latin capital letter c with acute
0407	263	0x107	ć	Latin small letter c with acute
0414	268	0x10C	Č	Latin capital letter c with caron
0415	269	0x10D	č	Latin small letter c with caron
0416	270	0x10E	Ď	Latin capital letter d with caron
0417	271	0x10F	ď	Latin small letter d with caron
0420	272	0x110	Đ	Latin capital letter d with stroke
0421	273	0x111	đ	Latin small letter d with stroke
0430	280	0x118	Ę	Latin capital letter e with ogonek
0431	281	0x119	ę	Latin small letter e with ogonek
0432	282	0x11A	Ě	Latin capital letter e with caron
0433	283	0x11B	ě	Latin small letter e with caron
0471	313	0x139	Ĺ	Latin capital letter l with acute
0472	314	0x13A	ĺ	Latin small letter l with acute
0475	317	0x13D	Ľ	Latin capital letter l with caron
0476	318	0x13E	ľ	Latin small letter l with caron
0501	321	0x141	Ł	Latin capital letter l with stroke
0502	322	0x142	ł	Latin small letter l with stroke
0503	323	0x143	Ń	Latin capital letter n with acute
0504	324	0x144	ń	Latin small letter n with acute
0507	327	0x147	Ň	Latin capital letter n with caron
0510	328	0x148	ň	Latin small letter n with caron
0520	336	0x150	Ő	Latin capital letter o with double acute
0521	337	0x151	ő	Latin small letter o with double acute
0522	338	0x152	Œ	Latin capital ligature oe
0523	339	0x153	œ	Latin small ligature oe
0524	340	0x154	Ŕ	Latin capital letter r with acute
0525	341	0x155	ŕ	Latin small letter r with acute
0530	344	0x158	Ř	Latin capital letter r with caron
0531	345	0x159	ř	Latin small letter r with caron
0532	346	0x15A	Ś	Latin capital letter s with acute
0533	347	0x15B	ś	Latin small letter s with acute
0536	350	0x15E	Ş	Latin capital letter s with cedilla
0537	351	0x15F	ş	Latin small letter s with cedilla
0540	352	0x160	Š	Latin capital letter s with caron
0541	353	0x161	š	Latin small letter s with caron
0542	354	0x162	Ţ	Latin capital letter t with cedilla
0543	355	0x163	ţ	Latin small letter t with cedilla
0544	356	0x164	Ť	Latin capital letter t with caron
0545	357	0x165	ť	Latin small letter t with caron
0556	366	0x16E	Ů	Latin capital letter u with ring above
0557	367	0x16F	ů	Latin small letter u with ring above
0560	368	0x170	Ű	Latin capital letter u with double acute
0561	369	0x171	ű	Latin small letter u with double acute
0570	376	0x178	Ÿ	Latin capital letter y with diaeresis
0571	377	0x179	Ź	Latin capital letter z with acute
0572	378	0x17A	ź	Latin small letter z with acute
0573	379	0x17B	Ż	Latin capital letter z with dot above
0574	380	0x17C	ż	Latin small letter z with dot above
0575	381	0x17D	Ž	Latin capital letter z with caron
0576	382	0x17E	ž	Latin small letter z with caron
0622	402	0x192	ƒ	Latin small letter f with hook
01306	710	0x2C6	ˆ	Modifier letter circumflex accent
01307	711	0x2C7	ˇ	Caron
01330	728	0x2D8	˘	Breve
01331	729	0x2D9	˙	Dot above
01333	731	0x2DB	˛	Ogonek
01334	732	0x2DC	˜	Small tilde
01335	733	0x2DD	˝	Double acute accent
020023	8211	0x2013	–	En dash
020024	8212	0x2014	—	Em dash
020030	8216	0x2018	‘	Left single quotation mark
020031	8217	0x2019	’	Right single quotation mark
020032	8218	0x201A	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark
020034	8220	0x201C	“	Left double quotation mark
020035	8221	0x201D	”	Right double quotation mark
020036	8222	0x201E	„	Double low-9 quotation mark
020040	8224	0x2020	†	Dagger
020041	8225	0x2021	‡	Double dagger
020042	8226	0x2022	•	Bullet
020046	8230	0x2026	…	Horizontal ellipsis
020060	8240	0x2030	‰	Per mille sign
020071	8249	0x2039	‹	Single left-pointing angle quotation mark
020072	8250	0x203A	›	Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
020254	8364	0x20AC	€	Euro sign
020442	8482	0x2122	™	Trade mark sign

GNOME UTF-8 input method and reference table