[AuckLUG] How to type Non English charactors in Mandriva?

[Daniel Pittman]

josephhenryblack <josephhenryblack at yahoo.co.nz> writes:

> Hi guys, Perhaps you can assist me with typing the letter o with a
> slash in it.  In the Open Graphics Project they have a new VCD viewer
> being developed called Bolge where the letter o is really o&slash (o/)

Ah, so Bølge?  For me, not so hard.  I have a compose key mapped on my
keyboard (in place of right-alt) and can use the sequence you
illustrated above. :)

[...]

> I have tried ctrl + shift F8. any ideas how on earth I can type that
> 'o'?

That depends entirely on the input methods that your system supports.
It could be on the 'AltGr' key, or hidden behind compose, or not
available at all.

> ps: running Mandriva 2006. Open office/Kate etc. Language
> English. Location NZ.

I don't know Mandrive, but the places to look are:

 - details of your input method; SCIM is the most common one
 - keyboard internationalization and layout options
   - notably, xkb and any setting for a 'compose' or 'altgr' key
    

> pps any suggestions about typing charactors for ^2 or Ohm would be
> helpful too. I am suspecting that it must be something really
> obvious.. Google doesnt help - it just gets lost in the noise.

The terms above should help narrow things down and get you moving on the
right path, I hope.

Regards,
        Daniel
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