Ghostwriter: Unicode (or how to type special characters)

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I attempted to type “æ” as I do elsewhere (PopOS Cosmic) by:

  • Ctrl + Shift + U (release)
  • type code (00e6)
  • enter or space

And what I get in Ghostwriter is 00e6 typed out.

I saw this asked a few years ago and the answer was “enter unicode elsewhere then copy and paste into Ghostwriter. Has this been updated please?

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Open system settings and select keyboard. Then select key bindings. Then select position of compose key. Then choose the key you want to set it to. I use right Alt Gr. To type “æ” I then press “Alt Gr + ae”. If I want to type “™” I press “Alt Gr + tm”. The © symbol is Alt Gr + oc, et cetera.

Edit: This should also allow you to type unicode with (as an example) ctrl+shift+u+1f480. :skull: ctrl+shift+u+00e6 = æ. Which doesn’t work in ghostwriter, but works everywhere else it looks like. So maybe file a bug report for ghostwriter.

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Thanks. Cosmic doesn’t have “key bindings,” and I’m unsure what their equivalent is. I’ve simply been using the standard unicode described above.