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On Linux I input special characters using the Compose key. Works everywhere, not just in Vim.

• pxc 3y ago
  I do this, too. I haven't yet found a solution that works very well for macOS— a few years ago, some mappings were not possible with the solutions I found.
  • fragmede 3y ago
    control-command spacebar brings up the emoji picker, and some of the symbols are in there, but like you said, not everything. ∀ ° ∫ Ω
    • pxc 3y ago
      I do really like modern emoji pickers in general. Compose keys are nice, but I love fuzzy filter interfaces that search as you type. Compared to compose sequences, they let you get up to a reasonable speed very quickly.
  • goerz 3y ago
    I got you covered: https://michaelgoerz.net/notes/the-us-international-scientific-keyboard-layout/ https://michaelgoerz.net/notes/the-us-international-scientif...
• gylterud 3y ago
  Came here to mention this exactly. I have a quick intro to the compose key on my website [0] and an intro for how to use Unicode with Latex[1], and there are other resources around the web if you are looking. The idea of a compose key for Unicode originated in Plan 9, as far as I know. [0]: https://hakon.gylterud.net/tutorials/unicode.html https://hakon.gylterud.net/tutorials/unicode.html [1]: https://hakon.gylterud.net/tutorials/latex-maths-unicode.html https://hakon.gylterud.net/tutorials/latex-maths-unicode.htm...
• cryptonector 3y ago
  Windows really needs X11 compose key sequences. Yes, I use Linux, but also Windows.
  • pxc 3y ago
    WinCompose offers this. I find it slightly buggy with caps as compose, but it works well enough and it can read an XCompose config file. (It does not honor XCompose includes IIRC, you have to merge everything into one file.) https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose
  • Chris_Newton 3y ago
    I’ve previously used a nice little tool called WinCompose for exactly that. Looks like it’s still going: http://wincompose.info/ http://wincompose.info/