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On OS X, if you type Command+Control+Space, it brings up a character insertion menu where you can search by character name. I can get both daggers, black star a

by elros 11y ago

On OS X, if you type Command+Control+Space, it brings up a character insertion menu where you can search by character name. I can get both daggers, black star and black heart quite quickly that way.

msbarnett 11y ago
Also on OS X, † is option-t, and ‡ is option-shift-7.
- igravious 11y ago
  Ok, On Linux I have found ‡ and † † is AltGr-Shift-%, and ‡ AltGr-Shift-: I'll never remember them :(
  - ktRolster 11y ago
    Draw them onto the keyboard next to the % and : keys. I did that with Korean characters until I got the hang of them
  - lozf 11y ago
    U+2020 (†) and U+2021 (‡) aren't that hard to remember for the sake of a few extra key-presses and wider compatibility.
Tiksi 11y ago
There's a program called gucharmap which does similar on linux, hotkeys probably vary though. http://paste.click/MYRVrF http://paste.click/MYRVrF
comex 11y ago
You can also set up custom text macros in the keyboard preferences, which are a bit faster to input. I have :lod: mapped to ಠ_ಠ...