Re: cannot type power of 1 or 2, 4-9 are typeable.

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 19:43:30 -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote:
> im trying to type [copy from character map] power of 2. i can read
> power of 2 on webpages but if i were to cope > paste from that page,
> the power displays as a normal character 2. is this a
> dpkg-reconfigure locales issue?

It could also be due to the browser not copying certain characters
correctly to the clipboard.

Let's start at the beginning, which output do you get from this command:

  locale

If you use an utf8-based locale, e.g. "en_US.UTF-8", then the following
command should print the numbers 1-5 in superscript:

  echo -e "\xc2\xb9\xc2\xb2\xc2\xb3\xe2\x81\xb4\xe2\x81\xb5"

What do you get?

> how can i gain the ability to type a power of 2?

If the locale is set up correctly and your terminal supports the
characters, then the easiest method is to define a compose key and use
<compose key> + "^" + "2". (The "+" means pressing the keys in sequence,
releasing each key before pressing the next one.)

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