Have you ever wanted to spell jalapeño correctly but don't know how? Maybe you'd like to spell dæmon a little differently? What you want is the
Compose Key!
The right hand meta key is often set as the Compose key. The meta keys often have a "Windows" logo on PC keyboards. UNIX system keyboards (e.g.
Fujitsu Happy Hacking Keyboard) have a diamond symbol on the meta keys. Sun Type 5 keyboards also have a separate Compose key to the right of the right meta key. Compose works with all X11 applications.
MacOS X uses the right Alt/Option key as its Compose key for X11 applications. Non-X11 applications use
dead key combinations unique to MacOS X and its predecessor
NeXT. (See:
Apple Technical Note 2056)
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| # | ++ | number sign |
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| [ | (( | left bracket |
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| ] | )) | right bracket |
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| } | )- | left brace |
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| { | -( | right brace |
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| « | << | left guillemot |
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| » | >> | right guillemot |
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| | | vl | vertical line "bar" |
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| ¸ | ,, | cedilla |
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| ¨ | "" | diaeresis |
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| ¡ | !! | inverted exclamation point |
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| ¿ | ?? | inverted question mark |
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| ¢ | c/ | US cents |
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| £ | l- | UK pounds sterling |
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| ¥ | y= | Japanese Yen |
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| ¤ | xo | currency |
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| § | s! | section |
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| ¶ | p! | paragraph |
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| © | CO | copyright |
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| ® | RO | registered trademark |
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| · | .^ | middle dot, centered period |
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| ± | +- | plus-minus |
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| ¬ | -, | not sign |
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| -- | minus/hyphen |
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| ÷ | -: | division |
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| × | xx | multiplication |
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| ¹ | ^1 | 1 superior |
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| ² | ^2 | 2 superior |
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| ³ | ^3 | 3 superior |
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| ° | 0^ | degrees |
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| µ | /u | mu (Greek letter, Micro, 10^-6) |
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| ¯ | -^ | macron |
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| ª | a_ | feminine ordinal |
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| º | o_ | masculine ordinal |
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| ç | c, | c cedilla |
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| Ç | C, | C cedilla |
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| đ | d- | lower case eth |
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| Đ | D- | upper case eth |
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| ß | ss | sharp s |
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| þ | th | lower case thorn |
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| Þ | TH | upper case thorn |
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| œ | oe | oe |
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| Π| OE | OE |
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| æ | ae | ae |
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| Æ | AE | AE |
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| ø | o/ | o oblique |
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| Ø | O/ | O oblique |
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| à | a` | a grave |
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| À | A` | A grave |
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| ò | o` | o grave |
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| Ò | O` | O grave |
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| è | e` | e grave |
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| È | E` | E grave |
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| ù | u` | u grave |
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| Ù | U` | U grave |
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| ì | i` | i grave |
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| Ì | I` | I grave |
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| á | a' | a acute |
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| Á | A' | A acute |
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| ó | o' | o acute |
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| Ó | O' | O acute |
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| é | e' | e acute |
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| É | E' | E acute |
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| ú | u' | u acute |
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| Ú | U' | U acute |
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| í | i' | i acute |
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| Í | I' | I acute |
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| ý | y' | y acute |
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| Ý | Y' | Y acute |
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| â | a^ | a circumflex |
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| Â | A^ | A circumflex |
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| ô | o^ | o circumflex |
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| Ô | O^ | O circumflex |
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| ê | e^ | e circumflex |
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| Ê | E^ | E circumflex |
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| û | u^ | u circumflex |
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| Û | U^ | U circumflex |
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| î | i^ | i circumflex |
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| Î | I^ | I circumflex |
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| ã | a~ | a tilde |
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| Ã | A~ | A tilde |
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| õ | o~ | o tilde |
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| Õ | O~ | O tilde |
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| ũ | u~ | u tilde |
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| Ũ | U~ | U tilde |
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| ñ | n~ | n tilde |
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| Ñ | N~ | N tilde |
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| ä | a" | a diaeresis |
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| Ä | A" | A diaeresis |
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| ö | o" | o diaeresis |
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| Ö | O" | O diaeresis |
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| ë | e" | e diaeresis |
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| Ë | E" | E diaeresis |
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| ü | u" | u diaeresis |
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| Ü | U" | U diaeresis |
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| ï | i" | i diaeresis |
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| Ï | I" | I diaeresis |
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| ÿ | y" | y diaeresis |
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| Ÿ | Y" | Y diaeresis |
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| å | a* | a ring |
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| Å | A* | A ring |
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| ů | u* | u ring |
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| Ů | U* | U ring |
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