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Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:06:08 -0700
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> On 09/29/2014 05:18 PM, Brett Viren wrote:
>> ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>
>>> I just discovered the discontinued "thorn" letter.
>>
>> In this day and age, thorn is a critical character as it allows one to
>> form a symmetric smiley-tongue-sticker-outer-face :þ
>>
>> You can enter it using it's code point (0xFE).
>>
>> In a gnome-terminal (or similar): Ctrl-Shift-U f e ENTER
>>
>> In emacs: C-x 8 ENTER f e ENTER
>>
>> -Brett.
>>
>>
>

On 09/29/2014 03:52 PM, Ken Teh wrote:
> And for the vim users, it's Ctrl-k t h in insert mode or ctrl-l T H 
> for the uppercase version of thorn.
>
> To expand on Brett's gnome-terminal, it also works the same way in 
> firefox when you want to add a Unicode character in a HTML form, for 
> example.  I suspect ctrl-shift-u applies to all gnome apps.
>

Þank you!

In Thunderbird, HTML, Tools Insert Character, Other Lowercase or Uppercase


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