Windows Behavior - ALT + Number

Mike Klinke lsomike at futzin.com
Sat Jan 17 21:05:31 UTC 2004


On Saturday 17 January 2004 12:17, Florian Sievert wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> i am new to this list and to linux as well. Hope my question is not
> to stupid ;)
>
> I am programming since years under Windows and (please don't ask) I
> teached myself to don't use the normal keys for "{[]}". Instead I
> was using the ALT-Key + the number for the ASCII character. However
> after I switched now to Linux, I am really missing this feature and
> always try to get my characters on this way, because I think the
> "normal way" is more difficult. Can anybody give me a hint how I
> can get this windows behavior under Linux (best solution would be
> for console and KDE)? I am really looking forward, even if it won't
> be the whole ASCII-table, but the most important character for a
> programmer ;)
>
> Thanks in advise!
> Florian

Using the Google Search Engine suggests that perhaps Emacs editor will 
support this.  I could only find an old reference to someone who was 
adding this capability.

Regards,  Mike Klinke





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