Aaron Toponce

Have you ever wanted to type that one character that just isn't on your keyboard? You know, like the cent symbol, or the acute mark? There are plenty, and it sure makes it frustrating for that one character, yet you have know idea how to access it. You know your program can do it, yet you find some interesting hack around it to make it work. Well, hopefully, this will help, if your using screen.

While I was in #irssi on Freenode, I wanted so bad to enter the upside-down question mark. Unfortunately, it took me a great deal of time before I found out how, and when I finally did, it was too late anyway. But, the knowledge gained on the other hand has been invaluable.

While in screen, you can enter a Unicode character (hereafter called digraphs) by typing ctrl+a ctrl+v in that order. This will pull up a little prompt saying "Enter digraph:". Digraphs are two character combinations that produce a Unicode character entered from a computer keyboard. For example, ?? would produce the upside-down question mark that I was looking for earlier.

Anyway, I thought that this would be some good info for anyone who is interested. Here's a table of all the digraphs that I am familiar with:

 + =            p + p = ¶       D + - = Ð	e + > = ê
N + S =         P + I = ¶       N + ~ = Ñ       e + " = ë
~ + ! = ¡       ~ + . = ·       N + ? = Ñ       e + : = ë
! + ! = ¡       . + M = ·       O + ` = Ò       i + ` = ì
! + I = ¡       , + , = ¸       O + ! = Ò       i + ! = ì
c + | = ¢       ' + , = ¸       O + ' = Ó       i + ' = í
c + t = ¢       1 + 1 = ¹       O + ^ = Ô       i + ^ = î
$ + $ = £       1 + S = ¹       O + > = Ô       i + > = î
P + d = £       o + - = º       O + ~ = Õ       i + " = ï
o + x = ¤       > + > = »       O + ? = Õ       i + : = ï
C + u = ¤       1 + 4 = ¼       O + " = Ö       d + - = ð
C + u = ¤       1 + 2 = ½       O + : = Ö       n + ~ = ñ
E + u = ¤       3 + 4 = ¾       / + \ = ×       n + ? = ñ
Y + - = ¥       ~ + ? = ¿       * + x = ×       o + ` = ò
Y + e = ¥       ? + ? = ¿       O + / = Ø       o + ! = ò
| + | = ¦       ? + I = ¿       U + ` = Ù       o + ' = ó
B + B = ¦       A + ` = À       U + ! = Ù       o + ^ = ô
p + a = §       A + ! = À       U + ' = Ú       o + > = ô
S + E = §       A + ' = Á       U + ^ = Û       o + ~ = õ
" + " = ¨       A + ^ = Â       U + > = Û       o + ? = õ
' + : = ¨       A + > = Â       U + " = Ü       o + " = ö
c + O = ©       A + ~ = Ã       U + : = Ü       o + : = ö
C + o = ©       A + ? = Ã       Y + ' = Ý       : + - = ÷
a + - = ª       A + " = Ä       I + p = Þ       o + / = ø
< + < = «       A + : = Ä       T + H = Þ       u + ` = ù
- + , = ¬       A + @ = Å       s + s = ß       u + ! = ù
N + O = ¬       A + A = Å       s + " = ß       u + ' = ú
- + - = ­-       A + E = Æ       a + ` = à       u + ^ = û
r + O = ®       C + , = Ç       a + ! = à       u + > = û
R + g = ®       E + ` = È       a + ' = á       u + " = ü
- + = = ¯       E + ! = È       a + ^ = â       u + : = ü
' + m = ¯       E + ' = É       a + > = â       y + ' = ý
~ + o = °       E + ^ = Ê       a + ~ = ã       i + p = þ
D + G = °       E + > = Ê       a + ? = ã       t + h = þ
+ + - = ±       E + " = Ë       a + " = ä       y + " = ÿ
2 + 2 = ²       E + : = Ë       a + : = ä       y + : = ÿ
2 + S = ²       I + ` = Ì       a + a = å       " + [ = Ä
3 + 3 = ³       I + ! = Ì       a + e = æ       " + \ = Ö
3 + S = ³       I + ' = Í       c + , = ç       " + ] = Ü
' + ' = ´       I + ^ = Î       e + ` = è       " + { = ä
j + u = µ       I + > = Î       e + ! = è       " + | = ö
M + y = µ       I + " = Ï       e + ' = é       " + } = ü
		I + : = Ï       e + ^ = ê       " + ~ = ß